How is AI making foreign influence campaigns more dangerous?
Tyler Williams, Graphika's Vice President of Intelligence, recently tackled that question with CNN's Gianna Toboni for a new edition of CNN Explains.
Likely all of us, he shared, have come across inauthentic content online - even if we didn't realize it at the time.
In their deep dive on how Russia, China, and other foreign actors are using AI to enhance their online influence campaigns, Graphika broke down the tactics being used and how they attempt to manufacture a level of credibility to accomplish their goals.
"What we saw this network do is actually try to build themselves personas," Williams summarized, citing Graphika's research and insights.
They also addressed the wide spread nature of this type of online activity.
"For people who are active on social media, who are commenting, who are responding. What are the chances that they're engaging with inauthentic users?" Toboni asked.
"I would argue almost everybody has been exposed to this as some point," Williams stated.
He also explains that the messaging goes beyond spreading content on social media by utilizing AI across the entire digital ecosystem, using Graphika's Glass Onion report as an example. In that research, Graphika uncovered a network of 43 domains and 37 subdomains that pushed pro-China messaging while posing as the New York Times, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, and other legitimate media outlets.
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