Exclusive: US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters | CNN Politics - eviltoast
Operatives working for the Chinese and Iranian governments prepared fake, AI-generated content as part of a campaign to influence US voters in the closing weeks of the 2020 election campaign, current and former US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN.
  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    From the article…

    Sources pointed to no evidence of coordination between the two countries.

    So both of them are basically fucking around on their own volition, which actually makes it feel a little bit worse, as it feels like anyone can just take pot shots at us now, with no fear in doing so.

    Also from the article…

    “Other adversarial nations know that it is relatively easy and, frankly, cheap to try to interfere in our election,” Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee

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