Medlir asks Lukas Andriukaitis, Board member of Lithuania-based Civic Resilience Initiative (CRI), what it means to work and live at the frontier of the new misinformation / disinformation space. They discuss the current atmosphere in the region and beyond, in terms of threat of misinformation/disinformation. They consider both the benefits and the drawbacks of AI-enabled technologies as billions across the world prepare to cast their votes in 2024.

Links:

• https://cri.lt/
• https://cri.lt/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Chinese-Russian-Disinformation-Efforts-in-Lithuania-and-Taiwan.pdf
• https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-ai-will-transform-the-2024-elections/
• https://www.techuk.org/resource/deepfakes-and-disinformation-what-impact-could-this-have-on-elections-in-2024.html

Tags: AI, emerging tech, election, misinformation, disinformation, Lithuania, Russia, International Relations