A network of 5,000 accounts apparently being operated using AI has been exposed on X, formerly Twitter, with concerns the Beijing-based operation could be designed to disrupt the coming US election.
A social media bot network linked to a Chinese university and AI company has been uncovered on X.There are concerns Green Cicada has been staged to disrupt the coming US presidential election.
"While the information operation capability is currently relatively ineffective, we assess it could be leveraged to conduct harmful activities in future," the company warns in a newly completed report.Researchers believe the cluster of at least 5,000 unauthentic X accounts, dubbed the Green Cicada Network, is almost certainly controlled and coordinated by an artificial intelligence Large Language Model -based system.
"We observed limited amplification of Australia-specific issues and posting from purportedly Australian personas. Amplified issues include support or opposition to political candidates, nuclear energy, economics, housing, migration, protests and foreign policy," CyberCX found. The cluster of up to 8,000 unauthentic accounts is considered one of the largest publicly exposed to date and may be the first significant China-related information operation to use generative AI at the core of its activities.
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