{"id":30540,"date":"2025-06-26T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=30540"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:28:28","slug":"a-i-is-starting-to-wear-down-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=30540","title":{"rendered":"A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the explosion of generative artificial intelligence over the last two years, the technology has demeaned or defamed opponents and, for the first time, officials and experts said, begun to have an impact on election results.<\/p>\n

Free and easy to use, A.I. tools have generated a flood of fake photos and videos of candidates or supporters saying things they did not or appearing in places they were not \u2014 all spread with the relative impunity of anonymity online.<\/p>\n

The technology has amplified social and partisan divisions and bolstered antigovernment sentiment, especially on the far right, which has surged in recent elections in Germany, Poland and Portugal.<\/p>\n

In Romania, a Russian influence operation<\/a> using A.I. tainted the first round of last year\u2019s presidential election, according to government officials. A court there nullified that result, forcing a new vote last month and bringing a new wave of fabrications. It was the first major election in which A.I. played a decisive role in the outcome. It is unlikely to be the last.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As the technology improves, officials and experts warn, it is undermining faith in electoral integrity and eroding the political consensus necessary for democratic societies to function.<\/p>\n

Madalina Botan, a professor at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Romania\u2019s capital, Bucharest, said there was no question that the technology was already \u201cbeing used for obviously malevolent purposes\u201d to manipulate voters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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