Artificial Intelligence organisation OpenAI through a blog post on Monday seeking to address fears that its technology will interfere with elections, as more than a third of the world is getting prepared to head to the polls this year.Heres what Open AI mentioned in its blog post“Protecting the integrity of elections requires collaboration from every corner of the democratic process, and we want to make sure our technology is not used in a way that could undermine this process,” it reads.It further says, “Our tools empower people to improve their daily lives and solve complex problems—from using AI to enhance state services to simplifying medical forms for patients. As we prepare for elections in 2024 across the worlds largest democracies, our approach is to continue our platform safety work by elevating accurate voting information, enforcing measured policies, and improving transparency. We have a cross-functional effort dedicated to election work, bringing together expertise from our safety systems, threat intelligence, legal, engineering, and policy teams to quickly investigate and address potential abuse.”Snapshot of how were preparing for 2024s worldwide elections:• Working to prevent abuse, including misleading deepfakes• Providing transparency on AI-generated content• Improving access to authoritative voting informationhttps://t.co/qsysYy5l0L— OpenAI (@OpenAI) January 15, 2024Sam Altman expressed his concernsIn addition to this, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed his concerns during a May congressional testimony, stating that he was nervous about generative AIs potential to taint elections through one-on-one interactive disinformation.The San Francisco-based business claimed that it is collaborating with the National Association of Secretaries of State, a group that supports successful democratic processes like elections, in the United States, which is hosting presidential elections this year.
