Tech firms sign ‘reasonable precautions’ to stop AI-generated election chaos

By: Guardian staff and agencies

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Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok outline methods they will use to try to detect and label deceptive AI content Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world. Executives from Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok gathered at the Munich Security Conference to announce a new framework for how they will respond to AI-generated deepfakes that deliberately trick voters. Twelve other companies – including Elon Musk’s X – are signing on to the accord. Continue reading... [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/16/tech-companies-precautions-ai-election]