FILE PHOTO: Volunteers watch for voters to arrive shortly after the polls open as Democrats and Republicans hold their presidential primary election in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., February 6, 2024. REUTERS/Ronda Churchill/File Photo
(Reuters) - A group of 20 tech companies announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive artificial-intelligence content from interfering with elections across the globe this year.
The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can create text, images and video in seconds in response to prompts, has heightened fears that the new technology could be used to sway major elections this year, as more than half of the world's population is set to head to the polls.
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