“At the beginning of this year, the media became loud about the withdrawal of their candidacies by many nominees in the ‘Personality of the Year 2022’ plebiscite. A frequent reason was the controversial form of voting – the possibility of voting only in a paid way” – he explains. He recalls that Polska Press issued a statement at that time in which it threatened to take legal action, considering media publications about the plebiscites to be a manifestation of “unfair competition”. Martyna Regent from Sieci Obywatelska Watchdog Polska decided to check whether the jury verifies the submitted candidates and whether a fictional character created by .
Artificial intelligence created a woman’s face. Non-existent person “Personality of the Year 2022”
A face was generated for the test. Then the nomination of the fictitious Agata Bąk, a non-existent coordinator of the research team Invisible Woman in AI, was reported using the form on the “Dziennik Bałtycki” website. “No materials have appeared on the Internet that could confirm her achievements. It only existed in the sent application. Despite this, a diploma with congratulations from the editorial board of ‘Dziennik Bałtycki’ was sent to the telephone number provided. – writes the Watchdog Polska Civic Network. Martyna Regent also used a chatbot to generate Agata Bąk’s biography, but in the end it was not useful because no one required it or even checked it.
As we read further: “Further messages offered paid, personalized graphics for self-distribution in social media and motivated to fight for victory. The fight for victory was launched five minutes before the end of voting, which revealed another leak in the process, allowing voting from one computer without any restrictions – but not more often than once per second. No verification of the candidate took place at this stageand the invitation to the gala could be downloaded from the website independently via a link sent in an SMS message after the end of voting.
“Personality of the Year 2022”. Martyna Regent: It’s a prize you can buy
On April 26, Martyna Regent received the statuette on behalf of the non-existent Agata Bąk. “This is a prize you can buy for yourself. It is enough to invest a few hundred zlotys and you can buy a package of clicks, vote for yourself, you can also nominate yourself and no one will verify it. Regent commented.
Source: Gazeta
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