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Microsoft’s<\/a> threat center has released a report stating that China is using AI-generated content and fake social media accounts to cause division in the United States and other countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Beijing has \u201cdoubled down\u201d on targets and increased sophistication of its influence operations, Microsoft threat analysis center general manager Clint Watts said in a report released late Thursday.\u201cChina is using fake social media accounts to poll voters on what divides them most to sow division and possibly influence the outcome of the US presidential election in its favor,\u201d Watts said in the report.\u201cChina has also increased its use of AI-generated content to further its goals around the world\u201d as well as in the US.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Chinese influence operations continue to \u201copportunistically jump\u201d on events such as a train derailment in Kentucky and wildfires in Maui to promote mistrust of the US government.<\/p>\n

The polling about controversial US domestic issues \u201cindicates a deliberate effort to understand better which US voter demographic supports what issue or position and which topics are the most divisive, ahead of the main phase of the US presidential election,\u201d Watts wrote.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York reports that the report concluded there is little evidence that the influence operations have succeeded in swaying opinions thus far.<\/p>\n

Read Also: <\/strong>Microsoft Links: Musk Drags ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI To Court<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The threat center reported late last year that social media accounts \u201caffiliated\u201d with the Chinese government had used social media accounts to impersonate US voters to influence midterm elections in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis activity has continued and these accounts nearly exclusively post about divisive US domestic issues such as global warming, US border policies, drug use, immigration, and racial tensions,\u201d Watts wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey use original videos, memes, and infographics as well as recycled content from other high-profile political accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Microsoft saw a surge in the use of AI-generated content used to augment China-linked online influence operations aimed at the presidential election in Taiwan in January, according to Watts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith major elections taking place around the world this year, particularly in India, South Korea and the United States, we assess that China will, at a minimum, create and amplify AI-generated content to benefit its interests,\u201d Watts wrote.<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s report also noted that North Korea has begun to use AI to steal cryptocurrency, attack supply chains, and gather military intelligence more effectively.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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