AI can be easily used to make fake election photos - report - BBC News

Researchers said they were able to evade rules against "misleading content" more than 40% of the time.

17 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS election 2024Image source, AI-GENERATED IMAGEImage caption, This fake image of a man lurking outside a polling place with a gun was created by artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT PlusBy Mike Wendling BBC NewsPeople can easily make fake election-related images with artificial intelligence tools, despite rules designed to prevent such content.

The companies behind the most popular tools prohibit users from creating "misleading" images.

But researchers with the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) attempted to work around the rules.

Their efforts to make deceptive election-related images were successful 41% of the time.

The CCDH, a campaign group, tested four of the largest public-facing AI platforms: Midjourney, OpenAI's ChatGPT Plus, Stability.ai's DreamStudio and Microsoft's Image Creator.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68471253

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