Consider This: AI-Powered Influence Campaigns (Part 2) — Manufacturing Public Opinion

The artificial intelligence company, Anthropic, recently revealed how Claude AI was used in a political influence operation targeting Malaysia. It involved around 1,000 fake social media accounts, a bogus news site, and fabricated intelligence dossiers. How vulnerable are we to AI-enabled election manipulation? And what needs to be done to address these vulnerabilities before GE16? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Dr Nuurrianti Jalli, Associate Professor at the School of Communication and Media Studies at Sunway University.