The suspect generated fake news about a train crash where nine lives were lost.
Authorities in the northwestern province of Gansu in China have detained a man for allegedly using conversational chatbot ChatGPT to create fake news and spreading it online,. This is likely the first instance in the country where detention has been made related to using the artificial intelligence bot.
When the popularity of AI chatbots soared over the past few months, many expressed concerns over the misuse of the technology., including that about celebrity deaths that never occurred. China's internet regulator has also expressed concern about using synthesis technology such as deep fakes for defamation or online scams. It has put measures such as "clear labeling" of videos and photos made using the technology and placed in the public domain.report, the officials of a county police bureau came across the fake news of a local train accident that claimed that the lives of nine people were lost.
When the authorities noticed the news, it garnered over 15,000 clicks. They traced the story's origin to a company owned by the suspect, which operated personal media platforms in Southern China. During a search at Hong's home, the police found a computer and detained him.As per his confession, Hong bypassed the duplication check on the platform by acquiring multiple accounts and publishing on them.
Western social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook have also introduced some measures to detect and prevent the spread of fake information created using AI technology. Still, it has not led to any arrests so far.
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