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How will AIs like ChatGPT affect elections this year?

We are beginning to see the tip of the iceberg when it comes to threats from chatbots. In a huge election year, how will AI affect upcoming votes, asks Alex Wilkins

By Alex Wilkins

28 February 2024

A woman holding several small flags of the United States checks her mobile phone while waiting with other onlookers prior to the arrival of the US President in Warsaw on February 21, 2023. - US President Biden is due to deliver a speech in Warsaw later on February 21 at Royal Warsaw Castle Gardens. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

More than half the world’s population, including India, the US and UK, will have the chance to vote for new governments in 2024

WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images

THE biggest election year in the history of the world is under way, and we have just had our first glimpse at how artificial intelligence is being used by the shadowy world of government-backed hackers. These groups could have significant impacts on democratic processes through hacking, disinformation or leaking sensitive information. In February, Microsoft and OpenAI published a blog in which they identified groups affiliated with…

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