Munich, Germany, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- On Feb. 16, a number of technology companies around the world signed an agreement at the 60th Munich Security Conference (Munich Security Conference), pledging to crack down on the abuse of artificial intelligence aimed at interfering with elections in 2024, the year of important elections held in many countries.
2024 is known internationally** as the "Super Election Year". According to incomplete statistics, more than 70 countries or regions around the world will hold important elections this year, covering more than half of the world's population.
The negative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) has been listed as one of the major security threats in the world. Among them, the use of artificial intelligence to generate deceptive content to interfere with elections is considered a major global challenge.
A number of leading global technology companies, including OpenAI, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, TikTok, Facebook's parent company "Meta", and social platform X (formerly Twitter), signed the "Technology Agreement on Combating the Deceptive Use of Artificial Intelligence in the 2024 Election" at the opening meeting of the same day, promising to reduce the risk of using artificial intelligence to generate and distribute deceptive content to interfere with the election through technology deployment in this special year.
The agreement, which includes digital content that includes deceptive imagery,** and audio generated by artificial intelligence, is believed to potentially deceive voters about political candidates, election**-related information, and the voting process, but it does not call for an outright ban on such content. (ENDS).