Security News > 2023 > May > Simple OSINT techniques to spot AI-fueled disinformation, fake reviews

Error messages that ChatGPT and other AI language models generate can be used to uncover disinformation campaigns, hate speech and fake reviews via OSINT collection and analysis, says Nico Dekens, director of intelligence at ShadowDragon.

Uncovering AI-generated content through OSINT. Dekens has recently tried to pinpoint specific indicators that reveal online content - news, social media posts, reviews - created with the help of AI models.

"By using these error messages as a starting point, we can better understand the ways in which AI-generated content is being used to spread disinformation and false information online," he said.

These error messages are easy to spot and tech-savvy users will immediately recognize that the content is AI-generated.

Spreading disinformation is a particularly harmful activity with the ultimate goal of manipulating people through false or misleading information, and AI-based models are the perfect tool for creating convincing text, images or videos.

Of course, not all disinformation campaigns, hate speech or fake reviews are powered by AI tools - and those will still be difficult to spot.

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