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Atlantic Investigation: AI Chatbots Misdirect Donors and Spread Fake Midterm MessagingAtlantic exposes AI chatbots misdirecting midterm donations
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Will Oremus's Atlantic investigation found that voters who searched how to donate to candidate Talarico were given AI answers directing them to donate to a different senator instead, and documented a network of fake news websites whose messaging about state and local candidates was picked up and relayed by AI chatbots.
“Voters who Googled how to donate to Talarico got an AI answer that led them to give to a different senator.”
Will OremusWill Oremus Atlantic technology reporterTalarico Senate candidate
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Voters who Googled how to donate to Talarico got an AI answer that led them to give to a different senator. A network of fake news websites seeded messaging about state & local candidates that AI answers picked up on. My story on how the AI midterms are going:
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After re-testing, we found that major AI companies still struggle to prevent their models from creating fake election images, with some inconsistently applying crucial safeguards like watermarks. Our study's key findings covered in @nytimes.com today:
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