Foreign influence, cyberspace, and geopolitics

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO Media

International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Thanks to advancing technology like artificial intelligence and deep fakes, governments can increasingly use the online world to spread misinformation and influence foreign citizens and governments - as well as citizens at home. At the same time, governments and private companies are working hard to detect these campaigns and protect against them while upholding ideals like free speech and privacy. In season 2, episode 3 of Patching the System, we're focusing on the international system of bringing peace and security online. In this episode, we look at the world of foreign influence operations and how policymakers are adapting. Our participants are: Teija Tiilikainen, Director of the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats Clint Watts, General Manager of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center Ali Wyne, Eurasia Group Senior Analyst (moderator) GZERO’s special podcast series “Patching the System,” produced in partnership with Microsoft as part of the award-winning Global Stage series, highlights the work of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a public commitment from over 150 global technology companies dedicated to creating a safer cyber world for all of us.

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0:00.0	What the malign actors are striving at is that they would like to see us starting to compromise
0:06.1	our values, question our own values. We should make sure that we are not going to the direction
0:12.7	where the malign actors would want to steer us. From a technical perspective, influence operations
0:19.4	are detected by people.
0:21.2	Our work of detecting malign influence operations is really about a human problem powered
0:26.6	by technology.
0:35.3	When people first heard this clip that circulated on social media, more than a few were confused, even shocked.
0:41.3	You know, people might be surprised to hear me say this, but I actually like Ron DeSantis.
0:47.3	A lot. Yeah, I know. I'd say he's just the kind of guy this country needs, and I really mean that.
0:53.3	That was not Hillary Clinton. It was an AI-generated deep fake video. I'd say he's just the kind of guy this country needs, and I really mean that.
0:54.3	That was not Hillary Clinton.
0:56.6	It was an AI-generated deep fake video, but it sounded so realistic that Reuters actually
1:01.9	investigated it to prove that it was bogus.
1:05.2	Could governments use techniques such as this one to spread false narratives and adversary
1:08.9	nations or to influence the outcomes of elections?
1:11.8	The answer is yes, and they already do.
1:15.0	In fact, in a growing digital ecosystem, there are a wide range of ways in which governments can manipulate the information environment to push particular narratives.
1:24.1	Welcome to patching the system, a special podcast from the Global Stage series, a partnership between GZERMedia and Microsoft.
1:31.7	I'm Ali Wine, a senior analyst at Eurasia Group. Throughout this series, we're highlighting the work of the
1:37.1	Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a public commitment from over 150 global technology companies dedicated to
1:43.6	creating a safer cyber world for all of us.
1:46.6	Today we're looking at the growing threat of foreign influence operations, state-led efforts
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