The AI tools will also direct voting questions in the U.S. to CanIVote.org. However, these tools are still being rolled out and rely heavily on users reporting misuse. With AI being a rapidly changing tool that can produce both insightful and misleading content, it remains unclear how effective these measures will be in combating election misinformation. The article suggests that media literacy, including questioning and verifying information, remains the best defense against misinformation.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has updated its policies to prohibit the use of its tools for impersonating candidates or local governments, for campaigns or lobbying, and for discouraging voting or misrepresenting the voting process.
- The company plans to incorporate the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity’s (C2PA) digital credentials into images generated by Dall-E to combat misinformation through AI image generation.
- OpenAI’s tools will start directing voting questions in the U.S. to CanIVote.org, a reliable online authority on voting information.
- The effectiveness of these tools in combating election misinformation is uncertain and heavily dependent on users reporting bad actors, so the public is advised to continue practicing media literacy.