The AI arms race could come down to a propaganda war
Technology,AI,China,Misinformation,Twitter,Social Media,Propaganda,Internet
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Elon Musk's social media company, X, identified hundreds of suspected Chinese accounts amplifying arguments against artificial intelligence data centers, X Global Government Affairs announced on Thursday.
The operation included around 200,000 inauthentic accounts, with 200 focused on swaying AI infrastructure debates with warnings of rising energy rates and images of corporations destroying communities.
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