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Democratic countries around the world should band together to confront the threat of AI used by malignant states to threaten free elections and spread misinformation, British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said last week.
In Seoul for the Summit for Democracy, Dowden announced what he hopes will be a “groundbreaking” new global government compact on countering deceptive use of artificial intelligence by foreign states in elections. South Korea hosted the third Summit for Democracy conference, an initiative of US President Joe Biden aimed at discussing ways to stop democratic backsliding and erosion of rights and freedoms.
Citing how major technology companies agreed at the Munich Security Conference to coordinate responses to AI-generated deepfakes that deliberately trick voters, Dowden said it’s time for governments to follow suit.
“What the UK is leading on is a Government-led process, a Government-led agreement to tackle the threat from AI from foreign states,” he said. Dowden said that incident is totally separate from the misinformation risks from malignant states seeking to interfere in elections.
