OpenAI will help provide transparency in electoral processes

OpenAI, the creator of the renowned ChatGPT chatbot, recently posted a blog post detailing its approach to the 2024 global elections. The company’s main focus is to provide transparency and improve access to accurate voting information, while striving to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence.

The organization stressed the importance of protecting the integrity of the elections and affirmed its commitment to ensuring that its AI technology is not used in a way that could undermine this democratic process. “Our goal is for our AI systems to be built, deployed and used securely, aware of the benefits and challenges that these tools bring,” said OpenAI.

The company also mentioned its cross-functional effort dedicated to elections, which will investigate and promptly address any potential abuses. Its preventive measures include safeguards on Dall-E to reject requests to generate images of real people, including political candidates, and a ban on building apps for political campaigning and lobbying.

This announcement comes at a time when regulators in the United States were already considering, as early as August 2023, the regulation of political deep fakes and AI-generated ads before the 2024 presidential election.

OpenAI also highlighted its ongoing work on updating ChatGPT to provide accurate information, based on real-time news reports from around the world, and to direct voters to official voting websites for additional information.

The influence of AI on elections has become a topic of great debate. Microsoft, for example, published a report on the use of AI on social media and its potential to influence voter sentiment. In addition, Microsoft’s Bing AI chatbot has come under scrutiny after it was found to provide misleading election information.

Google, for its part, took a proactive stance, requiring the disclosure of AI in political campaign ads and limiting responses to its AI Bard tool and generative searches related to election polls since September.

K. Tovar

Source: OpenAI

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