AI Could Be A 'Engine' For Hoax Production In The 2024 Pilkada, Government Must Be Alert

Head Of Consulting Ensign Infosecurty Aditya Nugraputra when met in South Jakarta, Wednesday (15/5/2024) ANTARA/Walka Marison

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government is considered to have to anticipate the dangers of users of Artificial Intelligence/AI technology or artificial intelligence in spreading fake news or hoaxes at certain state momentum. Especially during the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada). "Later on, there will be many deep fakes, what else to do, especially when it is near the election (Pilkada, ed)," said Head of the Consulting Ensign Infosecurty Aditya Nugraputra when met in South Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday, May 15. According to Aditya, there are several things that the government must do to ward off fake news attacks produced by AI technology. First, the government through the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) must provide education to the public about how to distinguish hoax information produced by AI technology. With maximum counseling, the public will have the awareness to be more thorough in choosing information on social media. "So that people can filter, check the truth of this information because there may be some parties who are immediately hot whose emotions are when they see this information," said Aditya. In addition, the government must also improve special technology to detect information that tends to be hoax. Aditya also gave an example of a special tool that can detect AI technology in a video. "From the voice movements or data taken, it can be detected which news is fake or not," said Aditya. With this technology, Aditya continued, the government can easily filter information that roams on social media. The government is also considered to have to follow technological developments in order to detect other modes that may be more modern than AI technology.

With these efforts, Aditya believes that the spread of news that is misleading by AI technology during the election period will be minimized.