UN report highlights ‘serious and urgent’ concerns about AI deepfakes

The United Nations has called media generated by artificial intelligence a “serious and urgent” threat to information integrity, especially on social media.

in june 12 reportsThe UN claimed that the risk of online disinformation has “increased” due to “rapid advances in technology, such as generative artificial intelligence” and deepfakes in particular.

The UN said AI-generated false information and hate speech “are presented as fact to users.” Last month, an AI-generated image and a fake news report of an explosion near the Pentagon caused the S&P 500 to sink briefly.

It called on AI stakeholders to address the spread of false information and take “immediate and urgent” action to ensure responsible use of AI, adding:

“The era of Silicon Valley’s ‘move fast and break things’ philosophy must be brought to a close.”

On the same day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a press conference and Said The “alarm bells” on generative AI are “deafening” and “loudest from the developers who designed it.”

The alarm over generative AI, relevant as it is, should not obscure the harm being done by digital technology, which now allows the spread of hate speech, misinformation and misinformation.

fueling conflict and destruction.

Threat to democracy and human rights.

messing with public health and #climateaction, pic.twitter.com/XlisItDQIG

— Antonio Guterres (@antonioguterres) June 12, 2023

Guterres added the report “will inform the United Nations Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms.” The code is being developed ahead of the summit of the future – a conference to be held in late September 2024 that aims to host intergovernmental discussions on a range of issues.

“The code of conduct will be a set of principles that we hope governments, digital platforms and other stakeholders will voluntarily implement,” he added.

‘Biggest policy challenge ever’

Meanwhile, on 13 June former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, and Conservative Party politician William Hague issued a reports on AI.

The pair suggested to the governments of the UK, the United States and “other allies” to “urgently push for a new United Nations framework on safeguards”.

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The pair said the advent of AI “could present the greatest policy challenge ever” because of its “unpredictable growth” and “ever-growing power”.

Blair and Hague said the government’s “current approaches and channels are poorly configured” for such technology.

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