Predictions from former Google CEO

AP, June 26 (Editor Zhao Hao) On Monday (June 26) local time, Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, said that due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications, error messages during the 2024 U.S. presidential election will be particularly rampant.
Schmidt told the media that through various new tools, more people can access the advanced technology of artificial intelligence, resulting in "next year's elections will be a mess because social media is unable to protect us from the impact of generative artificial intelligence fake messages
Schmidt served as the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence Commission in the United States. The committee issued a review report in 2021 warning that the United States is not adequately prepared for the era of artificial intelligence.
Schmidt once stated at an event held in London that artificial intelligence may bring "survival risks", with "many, many, many people being harmed or killed." However, Schmidt emphasized today that the short-term risk of AI - misinformation - is more urgent than the long-term "survival risk".
Last month, a typical case of AI fraud occurred in the United States, where a picture of an explosion near the Pentagon went viral on social media, causing a significant decline in the US stock market. Afterwards, a spokesperson for the US Department of Defense urgently came forward and stated that there was no explosion near the Pentagon that morning.
Schmidt added that social media companies are indeed trying to prepare, but there is still a long way to go to solve this problem. In addition, he also pointed out that the 'trust and groups' within some social media platforms are becoming smaller, rather than getting bigger.
Cailian News Agency previously mentioned that Twitter reportedly further laid off employees at the beginning of this year, reducing personnel in departments dealing with global content censorship and hate and harassment speech. Twitter's drastic changes in content to reduce costs have also raised concerns among many governments.
Schmidt also said that social media should flag fake messages to understand who is behind the account users. He added that although this approach cannot resolve people's differences, at least it is necessary to ensure that fake messages are not sent by robots.
In addition, at the congressional hearing last month, CEOs of bankrupt regional banks in the United States mostly blamed social media for Bank failure.
Among them, former CEO Michael Roffler of Republic Bank stated that the bank's collapse was a result of panic contagion. "Our financial situation has always been good, despite the tremendous efforts of our colleagues... the confidence of investors and depositors has never recovered