The next election influence campaign will target your AI chatbot | CyberScoop

New research from VisionHeight, described as an Israeli threat intelligence firm, examines how AI systems can serve as useful marks for influence actors, according to a report by CyberScoop. The article is headlined 'The next election influence campaign will target your AI chatbot.' It also reports that someone is setting up networks of hyperlocal websites across at least 14 different states, filled with content meant to influence U.S. races. The research concerns AI systems as marks for influence actors.

The article pairs two findings from the same body of research. The first is that AI systems can be useful marks for influence actors. The excerpt does not identify who is behind the networks, beyond stating that someone is setting them up, and it does not name a specific chatbot product or developer.

CyberScoop's headline states the expectation directly: the next election influence campaign will target AI chatbots. The findings are presented as new research from VisionHeight on how AI systems can be used by influence actors as marks. Apart from VisionHeight, no other organisation is identified in the excerpt as a source for the findings.