ChatGPT maker OpenAI has outlined a plan to prevent its tools from being used to spread misinformation as voters in more than 50 countries prepare to cast their ballots in national elections this year. The safeguards spelled out by the San Francisco-based startup in a blog post this week include a mix of preexisting policies and newer initiatives to prevent the misuse of its wildly popular generative AI tools. They can create novel text and images in seconds but also be weaponized to concoct misleading messages or convincing fake photographs. The steps will apply specifically to OpenAI, only one player in an expanding universe of…
