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JOHAN STEYN: The 2024 elections and AI — the rising tide of weaponised mistrust
The public is increasingly finding it difficult to differentiate between what is real and what is artificially generated
17 January 2024 - 05:00
This year is poised to be a landmark year in the history of global democracy, with an unprecedented number of citizens — more than a billion — set to cast their votes in various national elections, including a critical presidential election in the US and here in SA.
This momentous occasion, however, is shadowed by a burgeoning threat: the potential misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) to unleash a “tsunami of misinformation”, as aptly described by AI expert Oren Etzioni...
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