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Microsoft issues warning on China's use of generative AI to disrupt US elections

Microsoft's report, titled East Asia threat actors employ unique methods, notes that Chinese campaigns have continued to refine AI-generated or AI-enhanced content, creating videos, memes, and audio,...

A hot potato: For the second time in just over six months, Microsoft has issued a warning about China's use of generative AI to sow disruption in the United States during this election year. Microsoft's report, titled East Asia threat actors employ unique methods, notes that Chinese campaigns have continued to refine AI-generated or AI-enhanced content, creating videos, memes, and audio, among others. There was also an increased use of AI-generated news anchors, created by TikTok owner ByteDance's CapCut tool, in which the fake presenters made unsubstantiated claims about Lai's private life, including that he fathered illegitimate children.

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