{"id":80131,"date":"2023-06-13T12:20:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=80131"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:58:47","slug":"un-raises-concerns-over-the-role-of-deepfakes-in-inciting-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/un-raises-concerns-over-the-role-of-deepfakes-in-inciting-hatred\/","title":{"rendered":"UN raises concerns over the role of deepfakes in inciting hatred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AI-generated <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-deepfake\">deepfakes<\/a> threaten information integrity and fuel hatred in society, according to a United Nations report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">The proliferation of hate &#038; lies in the digital space is causing grave global harm.<\/p>\n<p>This clear &#038; present global threat demands clear &#038; coordinated global action.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antonioguterres?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@antonioguterres<\/a> launching his new report on information integrity on digital platforms. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/atXRvwOwXv\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/atXRvwOwXv<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/i5MjAkWSNy\\\">pic.twitter.com\/i5MjAkWSNy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 United Nations (@UN) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN\/status\/1668272695774007299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The organisation says that artificial intelligence technologies possess &#8220;unimaginable potential to solve global problems.&#8221; However, it is concerned about the risks posed by image- and video-generators, especially in conflict zones.<\/p>\n<p>The UN noted that the use of hate speech is often a &#8220;precursor to horrific crimes&#8221; and mass violence. In the report, the authors cited the 1948 Convention, which prohibits any direct or public incitement that could lead to genocide.<\/p>\n<p>The global organisation stressed the need for responsible use of AI.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;All stakeholders must take urgent and immediate measures to ensure the safe, reliable, responsible, ethical and rights-respecting use of artificial intelligence and to address the consequences of the latest advances in this field for the spread of misinformation and incitement of hatred,&#8221; the UN said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It also urged digital-platform owners to invest in content-moderation systems that use both human and AI, and to make content reporting transparent.<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres expressed hope that at the 2024 summit, the international community would be able to agree on cooperation to address this problem.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in January, researchers from OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/openai-warns-of-growing-threat-of-ai-enabled-disinformation\">warned of the growing threat<\/a> of using language models to spread disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>American scientists called for <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/scientists-urge-the-global-community-to-regulate-deepfakes\">countering deepfakes<\/a>, created by \u201chostile states\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the spring, a group of European lawmakers announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/meps-to-draft-additional-ai-oversight-measures\">draft a set of rules<\/a> for governing the development of AI systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-generated deepfakes threaten information integrity and fuel hatred in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1138,1247],"class_list":["post-80131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-opinions","tag-united-nations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"29","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80133,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80131\/revisions\/80133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}