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Network of 171 AI-Powered Bots Reportedly Spread Political Disinformation Ahead of Ghana’s December 2024 General Election
- Occurred
- Feb 1, 2024
- Published
- Nov 12, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A network of 171 bot accounts on X are alleged to have used ChatGPT to generate political content supporting Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its presidential candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, ahead of the December 2024 election. The AI-generated posts reportedly praised Bawumia while spreading disinformation targeting the opposition candidate, John Mahama, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Developers
- OpenAI
Deployers
- Pro-New Patriotic Party bot network
Harmed parties
- John Mahama
- National Democratic Congress
- Ghanaian electorate
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated disinformation via LLMs used in election interference, causing notable controversy without confirmed mass harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8