Fake people, real threat: How AI is being used to spread propaganda

A report on Scripps News on “How AI Is Being Used to Spread Propaganda” quotes Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor and co-director of the UB Center for Information Integrity.

He says the situation is raising major concerns, but there are things that can be done to combat AI disinformation. "I think most importantly, the government should invest more in counter-technologies that can help people improve their awareness and resilience to disinformation," Lyu says.

Read the story  here.

The story also ran on WKBW-TV, WMAR-TV of Baltimore, WTXL-TV of Florida, KJRH of Oklahoma, and elsewhere.