Questions from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
Security and Online Harms - The effects of (generative) AI on online harms and trust in information?
Evaluate the growth trajectory of the UK safety technology market, and the extent to which market growth supports DSIT online safety and prosperity objectives.
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - The effects of (generative) AI on online harms and trust in information?
What risk is there that generative AI evolves such that the content it generates can avoid detection faster than tools can be developed to detect it? How can international and industry collaboration limit this risk?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - The effects of (generative) AI on online harms and trust in information?
How will the use of generative AI to create ‘deepfakes’ that manipulate people’s likeness (face, body, voice) evolve? What is the psychological impact of being deepfaked, and what harmful uses (e.g. intimate image abuse, fraud, reputational damage) will develop and increase?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - The effects of (generative) AI on online harms and trust in information?
How will AI affect existing kinds of harmful online content (e.g. online abuse, scams) and what new kinds of online harmful content might it give rise to?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - The effects of (generative) AI on online harms and trust in information?
One expected impact of AI will be on trust in information. How might AI reduce public trust in information available online? Do UK citizens trust AI-generated online content?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - The effects of (generative) AI on online harms and trust in information?
Which harmful online uses of AI are likely to increase? What could be the impact of AI-generated content on attitudes, beliefs, behaviours or psychological wellbeing?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - The effects of (generative) AI on online harms and trust in information?
AI will democratise access to capabilities that used to be expensive or hard to access, and create new capabilities that didn’t previously exist. As barriers (e.g. technical skills, access to specialist equipment) are reduced, AI use will increase. What is the prevalence of AI generated content online?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
How would a shift towards interoperable / decentralised social media (aka ‘the fediverse’) alter how disinformation spreads, and the ability to be able to address it?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
In what ways will AI exacerbate the spread of mis/disinformation and is mis/disinformation spread by AI likely to be more effective in influencing UK audiences?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
What is the overlap between inauthentic content and mis/disinformation and, what role is inauthentic content playing in wider mis/disinformation narratives?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
How does mis/disinformation spread between social media platforms, particularly primary and secondary platforms? How can it be identified and contained?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Security and Online Harms - Understanding and reducing online Disinformation and Misinformation
How do online bystanders respond to viewing perceived online mis/disinformation (e.g. report, share, ignore), and how could their behaviours be influenced?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024