China-Based Hackers Impersonated US Voters With AI-generated Propaganda During 2022 Elections: Microsoft

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China-based hackers impersonated American voters online and used artificial intelligence (AI) to create and promote divisive online content during the 2022 midterm elections, according to a report by Microsoft.

The effort was part of a series of covert influence operations by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intended to mimic U.S. voters from across the political spectrum and create controversy along racial, economic, and ideological lines, according to the Sept. 7 report.

โ€œAhead of the 2022 U.S. midterms, Microsoft and industry partners observed CCP-affiliated social media accounts impersonating U.S. votersโ€”new territory for CCP-affiliated [influence operations],โ€ the report reads.

โ€œThese accounts posed as Americans across the political spectrum and responded to comments from authentic users.โ€

The report includes examples of visual content created by Chinese communist actors using artificial intelligence. These included images supporting โ€œBlack Lives Matter,โ€ the false claim that โ€œmost black people are killed by police,โ€ and more generic anti-American rhetoric.

The report states that the AI-generated content is more โ€œeye-catchingโ€ than Chinaโ€™s previous attempts at overseas propaganda and will likely be improved upon and used against Americans in the future.

โ€œWe have observed China-affiliated actors leveraging AI-generated visual media in a broad campaign that largely focuses on politically divisive topics, such as gun violence, and denigrating U.S. political figures and symbols,โ€ the report reads.

โ€œWe can expect China to continue to hone this technology over time, though it remains to be seen how and when it will deploy it at scale.โ€

World’s Largest Covert Influence Operation

Publication of the report comes less than two weeks after tech giant Meta purged thousands of accounts linked to Chinese law enforcement from its platforms.

Meta stated that the accounts were part of the largest known covert influence operation in the world and were engaged in spreading pro-Chinese communist and anti-U.S. propaganda.

Meta stated that the covert influence operation, dubbed โ€œspamouflage,โ€ was active on more than 50 platforms, including X (formerly known as Twitter), YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest, Medium, Quora, and Vimeo.

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