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Political Manipulation with Massive AI Model-driven Misinformation and Microtargeting

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Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:00:49 +0000

In today’s digitally connected world, political messaging and misinformation are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Political campaigns and misinformation efforts, particularly those that are well-funded, have significant societal impacts. These campaigns have historically exploited political and ideological views to resonate with people, convince them to act, or even lure them into scams. Generative AI technologies such as […]

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AI generated Pentagon explosion photograph goes viral on Twitter

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Categories: News

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We take a look at a viral hoax on Twitter which used AI generated imagery to claim an explosion had occurred close to the Pentagon.

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ChatGPT helps both criminals and law enforcement, says Europol report

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Subject matter experts at Europol were asked to explore how criminals can abuse LLMs such as ChatGPT, as well as how they may assist investigators in their daily work

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YouTube transparency report shows battle against misinformation

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We take a look at YouTube’s latest video removal statistics, including the fight to shut down misinformation.

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Instagram hides ‘false’ content, unless it’s from a politician

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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:50:00 +0000

Instagram’s expanding its fact-checking program but, like Facebook, says it won’t keep political speech away from “public debate and scrutiny.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zAu2kI-UzaU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter bans political ads

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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:24:43 +0000

Interesting timing: Right before Facebook’s earnings call, two weeks after Facebook said it won’t pull political ads that spout lies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4ojwnOWi26U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (August 19 – 25)

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:38:39 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 19–25, including Magecart attacks on poker software, a new Bluetooth vulnerability, continuing ransomware attacks on US cities, Bitcoin sextortion, and a look back at one researcher’s DEF CON experience.

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