Incident 663: China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese Voters
Description: AI tools linked to China were used to disseminate disinformation targeting voters in the U.S. and Taiwan, according to a Microsoft report. These operations included AI-generated imagery and audio to influence political perceptions and election outcomes, originating from the APT Storm-1376 (also known as Spamouflage and Dragonbridge).
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Storm-1376 , Spamouflage , Dragonbridge and Chinese Communist Party developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed U.S. voters , Taiwanese voters , General public , Election integrity and Democracy.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
663
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-04-05
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
wsj.com · 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO---Online actors linked to the Chinese government are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to target voters in the U.S., Taiwan and elsewhere with disinformation, according to new cybersecurity research and U.S. offi…
Variants
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