Majority of Individuals assume AI will enhance 2024 election misinformation: Ballot  

A majority of Individuals imagine synthetic intelligence (AI) will enhance the unfold of misinformation through the 2024 presidential election, in keeping with a ballot launched Friday.  

The considerations shared by surveyed Individuals within the AP-NORC and College of Chicago Harris Faculty of Public Coverage ballot follows the speedy rise of generative AI instruments during the last 12 months. Already, AI generated content material has been utilized in 2024 election posts.  

Total, 58 % of Individuals mentioned they assume the usage of AI will enhance the unfold of misinformation throughout subsequent 12 months’s election. It was even larger amongst Individuals who’ve “heard quite a bit or some about AI,” with 61 % in that group sharing these considerations, in keeping with the ballot. 

As the federal government grapples with the best way to regulate AI, together with the usage of AI for elections, the vast majority of polled Individuals supported motion to handle the usage of AI.  

Sixty-six % of Individuals mentioned they favor the federal authorities banning false or deceptive AI photos in political advertisements. That help was bipartisan, with 78 % help from Democrats and 66 % from Republicans, in keeping with the ballot.  

A slimmer majority, 54 %, mentioned they favor the federal authorities banning all AI generated content material in political advertisements, in keeping with the ballot.  

There was additionally help for corporations to take motion; 65 % of Individuals mentioned they favor expertise corporations labeling all AI generated content material made on their platforms, and 60 % mentioned they favor social media platforms banning false of deceptive AI generated photos on their web site.

The ballot surveyed 1,017 Individuals from Oct. 19-23. The margin of error is 4.1 share factors.  

The federal authorities has been taking motion to handle the danger of AI. On Monday, President Biden signed a sweeping government order on AI that addressed a variety of considerations, from nationwide safety to labor.  

On the similar time, because the administration pushes ahead with government motion, the Senate has been convening AI Perception Boards that deliver tech firm executives, civil society teams and different AI specialists to temporary senators concerning the dangers and advantages of AI on totally different areas of concern.  

Subsequent week, the Senate will maintain a discussion board based mostly on AI and elections, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) mentioned Wednesday.