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Governments around the<\/span> world are rushing to embrace the algorithms that breathed some semblance of intelligence into ChatGPT, apparently enthralled by the enormous economic payoff expected from the technology.<\/p>\n

Two new reports out this week show that nation-states are also likely rushing to adapt the same technology into weapons of misinformation, in what could become a troubling AI arms race between great powers.<\/p>\n

Researchers at RAND, a nonprofit think tank that advises the United States government, point to evidence of a Chinese military researcher who has experience with information campaigns publicly discussing how generative AI could help such work. One research article, from January 2023, suggests using large language models such as a fine-tuned version of Google\u2019s BERT, a precursor to the more powerful and capable language models that power chatbots like ChatGPT.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no evidence of it being done right now,\u201d says William Marcellino, an AI expert and senior behavioral and social scientist at RAND, who contributed to the report. \u201cRather someone saying, \u2018Here’s a path forward.\u2019\u201d He and others at RAND are alarmed at the prospect of influence campaigns getting new scale and power thanks to generative AI. \u201cComing up with a system to create millions of fake accounts that purport to be Taiwanese, or Americans, or Germans, that are pushing a state narrative\u2014I think that it’s qualitatively and quantitatively different,\u201d Marcellino says.<\/p>\n

Online information campaigns, like the one that Russia\u2019s Internet Research Agency waged to undermine the 2016 US election, have been around for years. They have mostly depended on manual labor\u2014human workers toiling at keyboards. But AI algorithms developed in recent years could potentially mass-produce text, imagery, and video designed to deceive or persuade, or even carry out convincing interactions with people on social media platforms. A recent project suggests that launching such a campaign could cost just a few hundred dollars.<\/p>\n

Marcellino and his coauthors note that many countries\u2014the US included\u2014 are almost certainly exploring the use of generative AI for their own information campaigns. And the wide accessibility of generative AI tools, including numerous open source language models anyone can obtain and modify, lowers the bar for anyone looking to launch an information campaign. \u201cA variety of actors could use generative AI for social media manipulation, including technically sophisticated non-state actors,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n

A second report issued this week, by another tech-focused think tank, the Special Competitive Studies Project, also warns that generative AI could soon become a way for nations to flex on one another. It urges the US government to invest heavily in generative AI because the technology promises to boost many different industries and provide \u201cnew military capabilities, economic prosperity, and cultural influence\u201d for whichever nation masters it first.<\/p>\n

Like the RAND report, the SCSP\u2019s analysis also draws some gloomy conclusions. It warns that generative AI\u2019s potential is likely to trigger an arms race to adapt the technology for use by militaries or in cyberattacks. If both are right, we are headed for an information-space arms race that may prove particularly difficult to contain.<\/p>\n

How to avoid the nightmare scenario of the internet becoming overrun with AI bots programmed for information warfare? It requires humans to talk with one another.<\/p>\n

The SCSP report recommends that the US \u201cshould lead global engagement to promote transparency, foster trust, and encourage collaboration.\u201d The RAND researchers recommend that US and Chinese diplomats discuss generative AI and the risks around the technology. \u201cIt may be in all of our interests not to have an internet that\u2019s totally polluted and unbelievable,\u201d Marcellino says. I think that\u2019s something we can all agree on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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