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Generative AI's Potential Role in Information Warfare
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The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionize bad actors' ability to conduct social media manipulation. RAND experts discuss the technical foundations of generative AI, highlight applications for social media manipulation, and examine the threat to the democratic processes. The authors explore these issues through a case study: how the Chinese military may adopt generative AI to interfere in Taiwan's democracy.
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- Year: 2024
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/PTA2679-1
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Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Nathan, William Marcellino, and Anu Narayanan, Generative AI's Potential Role in Information Warfare, RAND Corporation, PT-A2679-1, 2024. As of April 30, 2025: https://www.rand.org/pubs/presentations/PTA2679-1.html
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