Microsoft, Google, Meta and other companies pledge to prevent AI election interference
- Twenty tech companies, including Microsoft, Google, IBM, Inflection AI, LinkedIn, McAfee, Meta, Microsoft, Nota, OpenAI, Snap, Stability AI, TikTok, TrendMicro, Truepic, and X, have signed a pledge to prevent their software from interfering in elections, including in the United States.
- The agreement is voluntary and falls short of an outright ban on AI content in elections.
- The companies will take eight steps this year, including developing new tools to distinguish AI-generated images from authentic content and being transparent with the public about notable developments.
- Free Press, an advocacy group that supports an open internet, said the pledge amounted to an empty promise because tech companies have been backsliding on previous commitments to election integrity.
- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., welcomed the tech accord and wants to see Congress build on it.
- This year has been called the biggest year for democracy in history, with elections taking place in seven of the world’s 10 most populous countries.
- The Federal Communications Commission voted this month to outlaw robocalls that contain AI-generated voices.
