Sheriff's Office Slammed for Posting AI-Generated Fake News
The Philadelphia Sheriff's Office took down fake AI-generated news headlines attributed to media outlets like NBC10 that were posted on their website to highlight Sheriff Rochelle Bilal's accomplishments.
Summary
- The Philadelphia Sheriff's Office website had posted over 30 fake news headlines touting Sheriff Bilal's achievements that were created using ChatGPT.
- The headlines falsely claimed stories were published by outlets like NBC10, WHYY, CBS3 on Bilal winning the sheriff's election, providing free gun locks, suspending evictions etc.
- None of the outlets have these stories in their archives and confirmed they are fake.
- The posts have now been removed after facing backlash and criticism around misinformation.
- Critics express concern that such misinformation erodes public trust and harms democracy.
- Use of AI tools like ChatGPT to generate fake endorsements and news is unethical and irresponsible.
- Lack of regulation around use of AI tools in political campaigning enables such activities.
- AI models can make frequent errors leading to generation of false information if not carefully validated.