China Using AI-Generated Content to Sow Division in US, Microsoft Finds

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AI tools are actively being used to generate and spread controversial content by China-backed groups in order to sow division in the US and abroad, Microsoft has said in a new report. The artificial inflation and circulation of divisive issues is intended to divide US society and encourage criticism of the Biden administration, especially in the run up to election season. Much of the content spread by the Beijing-backed groups centers around US government collusion in natural and man-made disasters, hinting at secret weapons testing and hidden motives as the cause. Splitting society ahead of elections Artificial weather manipulation has...