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Degradation of the information environment

"Frontier AI can cheaply generate realistic content which can falsely portray people and events. There is potential risk of compromised decision-making by individuals and institutions who rely on inaccurate or misleading publicly available information, as well as lower overall trust in true information."

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AI Risk3. Misinformation3.2 > Pollution of information ecosystem and loss of consensus reality3 - Other

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Domain3. MisinformationThe broad risk area this belongs to.

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Domain3. Misinformation
Subdomain3.2 > Pollution of information ecosystem and loss of consensus reality
Entity3 - Other
Intent3 - Other
Timing3 - Other
CategorySocietal harms
SubcategoryDegradation of the information environment

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