arXiv AI
Jun 17
From Democracies to Autocracies: How AI Systems Enable Authoritarianism by Design
arXiv:2606. 17286v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI-enabled authoritarianism is not confined to autocracies.
Position: The Alignment Community is Unintentionally Building a Censor's Toolkit
arXiv:2608. 12346v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This position paper argues that modern AI alignment methods - originally designed to prevent harmful output - are dual-use technologies that may easily be misused by malicious actors for censorship and manipulation.
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Algorithmic Constitutionalism
arXiv:2606. 12437v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The increasing encroachment of artificial intelligence (AI) on social life raises significant risks for society, particularly within the infospheres created and controlled by companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon.
arXiv AI
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Democracy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
arXiv:2606. 13026v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Interfacing Artificial Intelligence (AI) with democracy is one of the most profound challenges of our times.
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Authenticity Debt and the Synthetic Content Threat Landscape: A Layered Framework for Trust, Provenance, and IP Governance in the Generative AI Era
arXiv:2606. 00621v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed how content is now produced.
arXiv AI
Jun 6
How Far Did They Go? The Persuasive Tactics of Covert LLM Agents in a Discontinued Field Experiment
arXiv:2606. 05256v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study analyzes a publicly released dataset from a discontinued field experiment on Reddit's r/ChangeMyView.
OpenAI Blog
Feb 20, 2018
Preparing for malicious uses of AI
We’ve co-authored a paper that forecasts how malicious actors could misuse AI technology, and potential ways we can prevent and mitigate these threats. This paper is the outcome of almost a year of sustained work with our colleagues at the Future of Humanity Institute, the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, the Center for a New American Security, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others.
arXiv AI
Jul 3
Structuring the Space of Sociotechnical Alignment
arXiv:2607. 01250v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Sociotechnical alignment concerns the social desirability of AI behavior and is thus inherently normative, not merely technical.
arXiv AI
Jun 15
The Accountability Paradox: How Platform API Restrictions Undermine AI Transparency Mandates
arXiv:2505. 11577v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recent application programming interface (API) restrictions on major social media platforms challenge compliance with the EU Digital Services Act [20], which mandates data access for algorithmic transparency.
arXiv AI
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Regulating for AI Legitimacy
arXiv:2607. 24391v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI systems already govern.
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The GenAI Catch-22: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Norwegian Newsrooms During the 2025 Parliamentary Election
arXiv:2608. 10773v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The increasing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in journalism raises concerns about possible detrimental effects both on journalism and its democratic function.
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