Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed to NBC's Lester Holt on NBC Nightly News' January 30 edition that his company hopes to use the latest advancements in AI technology to fight "disinformation" that he fears could result in another Donald Trump win.
"This is not the first election where we dealt with disinformation or propaganda campaigns by adversaries and election interference," Nadella explained to Holt.
"We're doing all the work across the tech industry around watermarking, detecting deep fakes and content IDs. There is going to be enough and more technology quite frankly in order to be able to identify the issues around disinformation and misinformation."
In the future, Microsoft's AI endeavors could make it possible to shut down people's personal computers (PCs), should they be caught accessing or spreading information that Nadella feels is a threat to democracy.
Nadella says he is encouraged by the fact that Big Tech corporations like Microsoft are increasingly partnering with law enforcement to crack down on information that threatens the establishment, but he feels a whole lot more needs to be done to keep a lid on the spread of unapproved information....<<<Read More>>>...