Israeli political organization STOIC has tried to use artificial intelligence (AI) to influence the Indian Lok Sabha elections. The Israeli organization tried to interfere in Indian elections by campaigning ‘Zero Geno’. However, in May, OpenAI confirmed that the campaign was blocked by the Israeli agency.
One of those involved said that the covert campaign is carried out to influence political outcomes and sway public opinion.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement that the campaign run by Israeli company was leveraged by powerful language models OpenAI. Through which social media profiles, articles and comments have been created. It has criticized the ruling BJP and praised the Congress.
According to a report by Indian media outlet NDTV on Saturday , the STOIC was aimed at promoting anti-BJP and pro-Congress comments in the run-up to the upcoming election results.
Reacting to the OpenAI report, the ruling party BJP called it a ‘dangerous threat’ to democracy. Union Minister of Electronics and Technology and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, “It is very clear that some Indian political parties or their agents are targeting the BJP through misinformation and foreign interference.” being done, which is very dangerous for democracy of the country.
