The company managed to remove many of these networks before they could gain traction among genuine communities.
David Agranovich, Meta’s policy director of threat disruption, noted that while the current use of generative AI is not particularly sophisticated, these adversarial networks will continue to evolve their tactics as their technology advances.
“But we know that these networks are inherently adversarial,” he said on Tuesday during a press conference, adding, “They're going to keep evolving their tactics as their technology changes.”
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Why It Matters: Social media giants like Facebook, ByteDance-owned TikTok, and Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, are struggling with the proliferation of fake and misleading AI-generated content.
Just this year, altered audio clips purportedly of U.S. President Joe Biden and fabricated images depicting the Israel-Hamas conflict have circulated widely across social media.
Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, has also been highlighting the importance of identifying and categorizing AI-generated content, particularly as the company gears up for the 2024 election cycle.
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