The threat of automated misinformation is only getting worse
We recorded 2 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 1 more is held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (2)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“What’s even more disturbing is that Bing makes it look like the false narrative that it generates is referenced.”
What we tested: In Oakley's reported example, Bing makes the false narrative it generates look as if it is referenced.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
“The potential for automatically generating misinformation at scale is only getting worse.”
What we tested: The potential for AI to automatically generate misinformation at scale is increasing.
What happened: The report documents recent progress, increasingly available models, and existing scalable generation of persuasive synthetic text. Together these support increased production potential; its projections about future campaign adoption are not treated as observed outcomes. (arXiv; researchers from Georgetown CSET, OpenAI, and Stanford Internet Observatory, )
Held from this post (1)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The record does not meet the current rules. Our reading, not assessed: With the right invocations, a bad actor could easily get around Bing's guardrails, using what Oakley describes as "standard techniques".