đ€ Blockchain: an alliance against the possible negative effects of AI apps
đž How blockchain can mitigate the negative impacts of AI apps
As anticipated, blockchain and cryptocurrencies emerge as key tools to mitigate the risks associated with AI, providing innovative solutions to authenticate content and verify identities.
The advent of intelligenza artificiale (IA) generative has posed new challenges to policymakers on how to regulate these powerful technologies.
However, with the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, it is possible to guide AI towards beneficial uses and create a safe and transparent digital ecosystem.
One of the crucial questions is how to ensure the authenticity of the content in a context where any media can be generated synthetically.
Deepfakes, in particular, represent a significant threat, as they can be used to impersonate public figures or to dismiss authentic media as false.
A recent example is the use of a deepfake of the President Biden to discourage voters in the New Hampshire primaries.
The solution to these problems might lie in blockchain technologies, which offer immutable ledgers to verify the authenticity of images and videos.
Organizations like the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) are developing technical standards to address this challenge, but the results are still imperfect.
The implementation of blockchain in recording devices, such as cameras and smartphones, could ensure that every image or video is validated as authentic pixel by pixel.
The Numbers Protocolis an example of how work is being done in this direction.
đž Identity verification and secure transactions
In addition to the challenge of content authenticity, AI raises issues regarding online identity verification.
Large language models (LLM), such ChatGPT, can mimic a personâs writing style, making identity verification even more complex.
It follows that the need to prevent cybercrimes such as identity theft and to ensure age verification on social platforms is more urgent than ever.
