World Economic Forum highlights risk of election interference in year UK and US go to polls
Business live – latest updates
A wave of artificial intelligence-driven misinformation and disinformation that could influence key looming elections poses the biggest short-term threat to the global economy, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said.
In a deeply gloomy assessment, the body that convenes its annual meeting in Davos next week expressed concern that politics could be disrupted by the spread of false information, potentially leading to riots, strikes and crackdowns on dissent from governments.
About Author
More Stories
Chinese fishing fleets using North Korean forced labour in potential breach of sanctions, report claims
Qantas posts $1.39bn profit as holidaymakers flock to Jetstar
Nvidia beats Wall Street expectations in first earnings after DeepSeek’s AI debut