“The accord is one important step to safeguard online communities against harmful AI content, and builds on the individual companies’ ongoing work,” the signatories said.The ‘Tech Accord to Combat Deceptive Use of AI in 2024 Elections’ was signed by global tech giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta.
Top AI companies like ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, Anthropic, Inflection AI, Stability AI and ElevenLabs too signed the pact, along with social media majors X (formerly Twitter), Chinese short video company TikTok, Snap and LinkedIn. Adobe, IBM, Arm, McAfee, Nota, Trend Micro and Truepic are also signatories.AI-generated audio, video and images that “deceptively fake or alter the appearance, voice, or actions of political candidates, election officials, and other key stakeholders in a democratic election, or that provide false information to voters about when, where and how they can vote” will be addressed, the signatories said in a statement.
