Mark Scott

Senior Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council's Democracy + Tech Initiative. Weekly newsletter:

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Personal update: I've now joined the Atlantic Council's @DFRLab's Democracy + Tech Initiative, as a senior resident fellow.

You can reach me at mscott (at) atlanticcouncil (dot) org.

You can find out what I'll be working on here (I rarely use Twitter) https://t.co/aZEmdQo1ys

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@daphnehk @mathver I *believe* that's a work in progress. Irish agencies, at least, are in discussion.

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@vince_chow1 @mathewi actual scenes... I'm in good company.

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@Brad_L_Bowman @stevenleemyers @dnvolz @DavidKlepper @shannonpareil @jeffstone500 @nakashimae @Bing_Chris @lizzadwoskin @anneapplebaum @laraseligman @TaraCopp Thanks. I get the Russian IO stuff, but I have doubts on the CCP's ability to reach actual Americans. The global IO campaigns are kinda working, but I don't see much evidence of those same lines breaking into the US conversation. Ditto on Iran, tbh.

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@Leelum @KateDommett OK, ran some photoshopped images via TrueMedia and got this type of result. The Labour image has significantly higher chances of being GenAI, though a 63% confidence rate isn't exactly a slamdunk

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@Leelum @KateDommett If you've got some examples, ping them over to mscott (@) https://t.co/1nxNH3Z4Uh and I can feed them in for comparison.

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@Leelum @KateDommett TBF, photoshop has a bunch of AI tools included, and this is what I got back when I ran the image via a multiple AI detection tool.

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@lexzard @clothildegouj See your point, but in an election — albeit one where VdL will be appointed by leaders, not the electorate — the emphasis, imo, should be on the politician, not the company. Did Google mess up? Yes. But VdL is likely to be the next Commission president. She should know better.

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@lexzard @clothildegouj Here you go: https://t.co/xq5ZeTPXOg. In this instance, I felt it was more important to highlight VdL's non-compliance than Google's ongoing problems, which are also reflected in the story.

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@lilianedwards @MissIG_Geek 100% https://t.co/YqiDmRv31T

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@lilianedwards @MissIG_Geek My personal view is that you don't need AI to spread disinformation. Sure, it's a novel approach. But there are enough other ways to do it, at scale, that for most people, it'll not be worth the hassle.

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@megangrA I'm a serious guy, obvs.

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@olgarosca hi Olga, I'm POLITICO's chief tech correspondent. What's the best way to reach you? My DMs are open and my email is: [email protected]. Thanks!

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@charlesarthur @Amirmizroch @politico Watch this space.

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@charlesarthur @Amirmizroch @politico I work with what I have. My point is it's currently unquantifiable how both sides are engaging with audiences online, mostly down to a lack of transparency on how these recommender systems display content to social media users.

Counting hashtags is equally pseudoscience

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@Gmvolpi more important, who's tall enough to take that photo?

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@Amirmizroch @antgoldbloom Couple of points. All this hashtag analysis needs to be quantified — and I'm working on that now. Asymmetry on messaging can work both ways https://t.co/XrrUSwB5Ou

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@lilianedwards @halhod @rachelcoldicutt @edsaperia @wrklsshrd <<holds back from journalist vs lawyer joke>>