纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Pro-China YouTube Network Used AI to Malign US Report Finds
December 15, 2023 2 min 250 words
这篇报道揭示了一支亲中的YouTube网络利用人工智能散布对美国的负面宣传。这种使用AI技术来煽动恶意信息的手法令人担忧。这不仅仅是一场信息战，更是对言论自由和信息透明度的威胁。值得深思的是，如何平衡言论自由与信息监管，以防范类似活动的再次发生。此次曝光也再次凸显了科技发展对信息传播的重大影响，呼吁社会各界更加密切关注这一问题，共同努力建立更加健康、公正的信息生态系统。
In a faintly stilted tone and with slightly awkward grammar, the American-accented voice on YouTube last month ridiculed Washington’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, claiming that the United States was unable to “play its role as a mediator like China” and “now finds itself in a position of significant isolation.”
The 10-minute post was one of more than 4,500 videos in an unusually large network of YouTube channels spreading pro-China and anti-U.S. narratives, according to a report this week from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a security-focused think tank.
Some of the videos used artificially generated avatars or voice-overs, making the campaign the first influence operation known to the institute to pair A.I. voices with video essays.
The campaign’s goal, according to the report, was clear: to influence global opinion in favor of China and against the United States. The videos promoted narratives that Chinese technology was superior to America’s, that the United States was doomed to economic collapse, and that China and Russia were responsible geopolitical players. Some of the clips fawned over Chinese companies like Huawei and denigrated American companies like Apple.
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