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In the wake of global elections in over 50 countries, OpenAI, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup, has unveiled a comprehensive plan to prevent the misuse of its generative AI tools for spreading election misinformation..
The safeguards, outlined in a blog post, encompass a combination of existing policies and new initiatives to address the potential misuse of its highly popular AI tools, known for rapidly generating text and images..
Additionally, it aims to prevent the misrepresentation of voting processes and discourage people from voting..
OpenAI is collaborating with the National Association of Secretaries of State to guide users of its ChatGPT tool to accurate information about voting on the nonpartisan website CanIVote.org..
Mekela Panditharatne, counsel in the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice, emphasized the importance of the comprehensiveness of filters in flagging questions related to the election process and the potential for items slipping through the cracks..
