Bad Actors, AI & the Historical Context of Disinformation Campaigns

The worst-case scenario, in the spread of disinformation, is, well, complete global catastrophe… that's all. Before there was Facebook, propaganda was spread via everything from radio and the telegraph to street leaflets. To put it into historical context, disinformation campaigns even played a role in the Roman-Persian wars. "Funny enough, modern disinformation has its origin in the KGB's black propaganda department," said Sean O'Brien, CEO of @Risk Technologies. "The Soviets ran disinformation campaigns to influence the opinion that the U.S. invented AIDS and that the U.S. supported apartheid."