{"id":477881,"date":"2025-05-11T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=477881"},"modified":"2025-05-10T13:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:13:03","slug":"will-nation-states-use-ai-to-usher-in-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/will-nation-states-use-ai-to-usher-in-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Will nation-states use AI to usher in apocalypse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a guest post and opinion of Manouk Termaaten, Founder and CEO of\u00a0Vertical Studio AI<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Governments are using AI for disinformation\u2014an unethical, authoritarian use with grave implications for freedom and truth around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that nation-states use <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ai\/\">AI<\/a> for disinformation has major implications for freedom of thought, free elections, and the sovereignty of nation-states from foreign adversaries. Governments all over the world are using this technology to keep populations in a constant state of confusion.<\/p>\n<p>China, for instance, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/taiwan-says-china-using-generative-ai-ramp-up-disinformation-divide-island-2025-04-08\/\">accused<\/a> by Taiwan of employing generative AI to litter the island nation with disinformation. According to the island's National Security Bureau, the goal is to divide Taiwan\u2019s public. Taiwan views the action as yet one more attempt to undermine its sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>In a report sent to parliament, the country\u2019s security bureau claimed it had discovered over half a million \u201ccontroversial messages\u201d in 2025 already, most of which were on Facebook and TikTok.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs the application of AI technology becomes more widespread and mature, it has also been found that the Chinese Communist Party has been using AI tools to assist in the generation and dissemination of controversial messages,\u201d the report said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many other examples of nation-states using AI for disinformation purposes persist.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Russia\u2019s state-backed Pravda Network <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ua\/en\/news\/36-mln-feikovykh-statei-iak-rosiiska-propahanda-vplyvaie-na-rezultaty-chat-botiv-shi-taki-iak-openai-i-meta-a-1741362836\">inundated<\/a> the World Wide Web with 3.6 million fake articles. The goal? To manipulate AI models to adopt pro-Kremlin narratives and thereby influence public opinion. Clearly, Russia sees AI as a way to promote its propaganda and has even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/russian-bot-farm-used-ai-lie-americans-what-now\">targeted<\/a> U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>China also exercised influence via AI over Taiwan\u2019s 2024 election, in which China-based operations created AI-generated deepfake videos to spread disinformation, including a contrived history of outgoing leader Tsai Ing-wen. Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/securityconference.org\/en\/publications\/analyses\/ai-pocalypse-disinformation-super-election-year\/\">called<\/a> it the first known example of a nation-state using AI material to affect the outcome of a foreign election.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Iran used AI-driven trolls to create targeted disinformation campaigns to destabilize U.S. democratic processes. These efforts led to two Iranian nationals being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/two-iranian-nationals-charged-cyber-enabled-disinformation-and-threat-campaign-designed\">charged<\/a> for cyber-enabled disinformation threats and campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Venezuelan state media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2023\/10\/04\/1080801\/generative-ai-boosting-disinformation-and-propaganda-freedom-house\/\">employed<\/a> AI tools to manufacture deepfake videos with AI-generated news anchors for a fake English-language channel meant to spread pro-government propaganda and improve the Venezuelan regime\u2019s image at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Slovakia\u2019s 2023 election saw AI-generated audio released falsely depicting a phone call between a journalist and the leader of the Progressive Slovakia political party in which election rigging is discussed. The deepfake circulated ahead of the election and is thought to have led to the party\u2019s loss in the election.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is also engaging in such practices with a public investment in \u201ccognitive warfare,\u201d China <a href=\"http:\/\/eng.mod.gov.cn\/xb\/News_213114\/Features\/16332695.html\">claims<\/a>. The Chinese government claims that AI bot networks are spreading false claims and disinformation to harm China\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>There are obviously major concerns with the use of AI by nation-states to interfere with the political processes of other nations. It is a huge affront to individual liberty by affecting people\u2019s thoughts and decisions. Nation-states can use AI as a tool for propaganda to expand their power, limiting individual rights.<\/p>\n<p>AI used in this manner undermines the free marketplace of ideas. It stamps out open debate in favor of government narratives, distorting political processes and preventing honest electoral outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>The use of AI by governments is just another example of those in authority abusing their power. Except now, AI raises the stakes, making governments able to trick not only their own populations but populations abroad into believing untruths. It\u2019s a slippery slope toward totalitarianism.<\/p>\n<p>Misinforming individuals is a form of coercion, and populations must recognize this tactic and not fall for the deceptive practices being waged by governments against citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a guest post and opinion of Manouk Termaaten, Founder and CEO of\u00a0Vertical Studio AI Governments are using AI for disinformation\u2014an unethical, authoritarian use with grave implications for freedom and truth around the world. 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