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When AI Fuels Atrocities — And How It Can Help Prevent Them

Generative AI can fuel new forms of manipulation, but also holds promise for mitigating atrocities and enabling early detection.

Mar. 31, 2025 Brittan Heller

An AI generator program on the left and a row of yellow school buses on the right.

Children’s Personal Photos Are Powering AI Exploitation

Children deserve privacy. They deserve to safely learn, grow, and play online, without fear that their identities might be stolen and weaponized against them.

Jun. 27, 2024 Hye Jung Han

Tracking Tech Company Commitments to Combat the Misuse of AI in Elections

Tracking social media platforms' and AI companies' public commitments to combat deceptive uses of AI in the 2024 elections.

Mar. 28, 2024 Allison Mollenkamp and Clara Apt

It’s Not Just Technology: What it Means to be a Global Leader in AI

Establishing global leadership in AI requires technological innovation, domestic implementation, effective regulation, and moral legitimacy.

Jan. 4, 2024 Kayla Blomquist and Keegan McBride

Image: Hands hold a smartphone, the screen of which shows a series of chat messages in Chinese. The background is dark. This picture taken on July 16, 2021 shows user Melissa messaging her virtual boyfriend - a chatbot created by XiaoIce, an artificial intelligence system designed to create emotional bonds with its estimated 660 million users worldwide - on her mobile phone in Beijing. - (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

The Existential Threat of AI-Enhanced Disinformation Operations

As AI capabilities improve, they will become increasingly effective tools for manipulating and fooling humans - with political, social, and epistemological consequences.

Jul. 8, 2022 Bradley Honigberg

A AFP journalist views a video on January 25, 2019, manipulated with artificial intelligence to potentially deceive viewers, or "deepfake" at his newsdesk in Washington, DC.

Protecting the Information Space in Times of Armed Conflict

What, if any, limits exist concerning digital information operations in armed conflict? Does the humanitarian legal framework adequately capture the protection needs that arise…

Mar. 3, 2021 Robin Geiss and Henning Lahmann

A chart measuring media and social media mentions of mail-in voting or absentee balloting and fraud or election rigging from March 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020. The y axis is measured as a percent ranging from 0% to 900% and the x axis is a measure of time with markers for every seven days. The line measuring “tweets compared to mean” has the largest peaks on approximately 4/7, 5/11, 5/23, 5/27, 6/23, 6/28, and 7/12. The graph also shows images of Trump’s tweets and screenshots from news stations.

Six Disinformation Threats in the Post-Election Period

Those seeking to sow discord may be keeping their powder dry until after November 3rd.

Nov. 3, 2020 Justin Hendrix

An AFP journalist views an example of a "deepfake" video manipulated using artificial intelligence.

Deepfakes 2.0: The New Era of “Truth Decay”

The first generation (Deepfakes 1.0) was largely used for entertainment purposes. The next generation (Deepfakes 2.0) is far more convincing and readily available.

Apr. 14, 2020 Brig. Gen. R. Patrick Huston and Lt. Col. M. Eric Bahm

One hundred cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, April 10, 2018. The cardboard cutouts wear shirts that read, "fix fakebook."

Can American Political Candidates Help Stop the Flood of Disinformation with a Pledge?

U.S. intelligence officials are already issuing warnings about foreign interference in American democracy ahead of what promises to be a bruising 2020 election cycle. Delivering…

Jan. 31, 2019 Justin Hendrix

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