Election confusion brought on by artificial intelligence (AI) was chosen as the largest risk globally this yr. The Davos Forum pointed to AI ahead of climate change, war, and economic crisis.

CNBC reported on the tenth (local time) that the World Economic Forum (WEF, Davos) chosen AI as a risk priority through the 'Global Risk Report 2024' and urged leaders of every country to deal with global cooperation and constructing guardrails. reported.

In keeping with this, starting with Taiwan this weekend, this yr is the yr during which elections will probably be held targeting roughly half of the world's adult population, including in america, India, Russia, South Africa, and Mexico.

Amongst these, AI is anticipated to not only have a negative impact on elections by generating misinformation, but in addition fuel social polarization.

“AI can construct models that influence large numbers of voters in ways we haven’t seen before,” said Caroline Clint Marsh-McLennan, chief industrial officer for Europe, who co-authored the report. “It is going to be very essential to see how this unfolds.” “He said.

The Arven Report was co-produced by Davos Forum and Zurich Insurance Group and is the results of a survey of greater than 1,400 global risk experts, policymakers and industry leaders conducted in September last yr.

Following ‘AI-based misinformation’, the largest risk for the following two years is extreme weather. Social polarization in third place and cyber anxiety in 4th place are also related to AI. This was followed by armed conflict between countries, lack of economic opportunity, inflation, involuntary migration, economic recession, and pollution.

“The combined risks are stretching the world’s adaptive capability to its limits,” said the report’s authors. “World leaders must address the near-term crisis and lay the groundwork for a more resilient, sustainable and inclusive future,” said WEF Executive Director Sadia Zahidi. “We want to return together to offer this,” he emphasized.

The report comes as world leaders are scheduled to satisfy next week on the WEF's annual summit in Davos, Switzerland, during which they are going to address global issues, including ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, economics and technology, under the slogan 'Rebuilding'. We plan to debate it.

Meanwhile, within the 2024 Global Risk Report released by Eurasia Group on the ninth, the upcoming US election was chosen as the highest risk of the yr, and 'unmanaged AI' also ranked in the highest five.

Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com