The world is concerned about the use of Artificial Intelligence (IA) in criminal and lying actions. This Sunday, 7, a man was arrested in China for using the tool to spread Fake News among the population. The person would have used the chatbot to create fake news about a train accident that would have killed 9 people.
Through the messages created by the tool, the man identified with the surname Hong, ended up spreading panic among residents of Gansu, in northwestern China. It was Internet users themselves who alerted the police about this suspicious case.
The police passed the articles published with Fake News to cybersecurity authorities who, then, opened a criminal investigation. The criminal was discovered by tracking posts with false content. In this way, the police arrived at a company that was operated by Hong.
Blogs disseminated information
At the moment, there are many channels that can spread Fake News. In this case, although, the security agency discovered that the news was being posted and broadcast on 21 different blogs. Nonetheless, the blogs were all registered on Baidu, “Chinese Google”.
Although, the articles contained different information about the accident. In general, texts with lying content totaled more than 15 thousand views, which would be enough to scare the local population.
Criminal admitted to using ChatGPT
All sites involved were registered with the Shenzen technology center, a kind of Chinese Silicon Valley. The person accused of the crime is a resident of Kongtong and, after being arrested, confessed to having produced the content using ChatGPT.
Yet, the man claimed to have made small changes to the accident locations to expand the reach of the news. A legal process was initiated to investigate the damage and confirm the real involvement of the businessman. If Hong is convicted, you can catch up to 10 years in prison for the crime of “picking fights and causing problems”.
ChatGPT is blocked in China
Recently, the use of new Artificial Intelligence technology (IA) was blocked in the country. That's because, in January, the Chinese government had already approved a law regulating the use of deep fake. This legislation punishes anyone who uses technology to alter facial data and voices.
Like this, ChatGPT is also blocked to avoid problems. Although, None of this stopped criminals from finding a way to use the tool. This is possible by bypassing the official government firewall and using private networks, as famosas VPNs.
