DeepfakeHigh
China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese Voters
- Occurred
- Apr 5, 2024
- Published
- Dec 18, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
AI tools linked to China were used to disseminate disinformation targeting voters in the U.S. and Taiwan, according to a Microsoft report. These operations included AI-generated imagery and audio to influence political perceptions and election outcomes, originating from the APT Storm-1376 (also known as Spamouflage and Dragonbridge).
Developers
- Storm-1376
- Spamouflage
- Dragonbridge
- Chinese Communist Party
Deployers
- Storm-1376
- Spamouflage
- Dragonbridge
- Chinese Communist Party
Harmed parties
- U.S. voters
- Taiwanese voters
- General public
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated imagery and audio used for disinformation campaigns targeting elections constitutes deepfake misuse with significant political harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8