While it’s nearly impossible to determine whether the deepfake file contributed to the final results, the incident points to growing fears about the effect products of artificial intelligence are having on democracy around the world — and in Canada.
“This is what we fear … that there could be a foreign interference so grave that then the electoral roll results are brought into question,” Caroline Xavier, head of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) — Canada’s cyber intelligence agency — told CBC News.
CSE warns that AI technology is advancing at a pace that ensures it won’t be able to detect every single deceptive video or image deployed to exploit voters — and some people inevitably will fall for fake AI-generated content before they head to the ballot box.
Those fears convinced Rempel Garner to help set up a bipartisan parliamentary caucus on emerging technology to educate MPs from all parties about the dangers, and opportunities, of artificial intelligence.
“We are concerned about the role that artificial intelligence could play in helping persons or entities knowingly spread false information that could disrupt the conduct of a federal election, or undermine its legitimacy,” said Jean-Sébastien Comeau.
The PhD candidate at Montreal’s Concordia University created a board game to show how disinformation and conspiracy theories spread and has taught young people and foreign militaries how to play.
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While it’s nearly impossible to determine whether the deepfake file contributed to the final results, the incident points to growing fears about the effect products of artificial intelligence are having on democracy around the world — and in Canada.
“This is what we fear … that there could be a foreign interference so grave that then the electoral roll results are brought into question,” Caroline Xavier, head of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) — Canada’s cyber intelligence agency — told CBC News.
CSE warns that AI technology is advancing at a pace that ensures it won’t be able to detect every single deceptive video or image deployed to exploit voters — and some people inevitably will fall for fake AI-generated content before they head to the ballot box.
Those fears convinced Rempel Garner to help set up a bipartisan parliamentary caucus on emerging technology to educate MPs from all parties about the dangers, and opportunities, of artificial intelligence.
“We are concerned about the role that artificial intelligence could play in helping persons or entities knowingly spread false information that could disrupt the conduct of a federal election, or undermine its legitimacy,” said Jean-Sébastien Comeau.
The PhD candidate at Montreal’s Concordia University created a board game to show how disinformation and conspiracy theories spread and has taught young people and foreign militaries how to play.
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