AI did not impact elections in Britain and the European Union, according to a September research report by the Alan Turing Institute, Britain’s national center for data science and artificial intelligence. Researchers found only 16 confirmed viral instances of AI disinformation or deepfakes during the British general election, they said. Only 11 viral cases were identified in the E.U. and French elections combined.
“There remains no evidence AI has impacted the result of an election,” said Sam Stockwell, lead author of the report and research associate at the Alan Turing Institute. “But we remain concerned about the persistent erosion of confidence in what is real and what is fake across our online spaces.”
- Pranshu Verma, Will Oremus and Cat Zakrzewski
