“Hybrid threat”:
Deepfake tech, ChatGPT, and social media developments could help the CCP intensify its cognitive war against Taiwan
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Sherry Shan / Staff Reporter
China’s National Security Agency Director Tsai Ming-Puan said yesterday that China could use its own developed generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications to intensify its cognitive warfare against Taiwan.
Tsai made the remarks at a meeting of Congress’ Foreign and National Defense Committee, where he and Foreign Social Affairs Council Minister Xu Jiaqing discussed how the government would deal with “hybrid threats” from China, including escalating I explained to MPs what to do. Military threats, increasing controversial information manipulation, promoting reunification with China, compromising key infrastructure.
Deepfakes, ChatGPT and social media developments will allow the Communist Party of China (CCP) to step up its cognitive warfare against Taiwan, the agency said in a report to the commission.
Photo: CNA
“We have noticed that China is developing its own chatbots like Ernie Bot. We are keeping a close eye on whether they use new generative AI applications to spread disinformation,” Tsai said on the sidelines of the meeting. told reporters.
Asked whether China was beginning to interfere in next year’s Taiwan presidential election, Tsai said whether Beijing was exerting external pressure on Taiwan through military or economic threats, and whether it was trying to influence election results through disinformation. Whether and whether it is sending funds to candidates via hidden channels or virtual currency.
Tsai also commented on remarks by former Air Force Commander Qiu Shiqing that Taipei and Hsinchu counties would be the most dangerous places in Taiwan if war broke out in the Taiwan Strait.
“Deterring the outbreak of war is a top priority of our national defense policy. We simulate war scenarios and prepare counter-strategies accordingly,” Tsai said.
The Chinese Communist Party has used various strategies to challenge the “status quo” in the Straits, and exaggerated the merits of cross-strait exchanges, provoking internal disputes in Taiwan, he said.
First, Beijing is creating an atmosphere of war by launching military exercises around Taiwan, spreading disinformation and amplifying CCP propaganda, the bureau said.
Second, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has used issues such as the establishment of a chip factory in the United States to create general mistrust of the United States’ commitment to Taiwan, the report said. increase.
Third, it attacks or hacks Taiwan’s key infrastructure and spreads or sells stolen data online, the agency said, and widespread media coverage of cybersecurity breaches has caused people to lose faith in the government. He added that it was the cause.
“Beijing is blaming Taipei for the slower-than-expected recovery of normal cross-strait exchanges after the COVID-19 pandemic,” it said.
The bureau also said it would “initiate trade investigations into Taiwan’s commodities and agricultural products, which could continue until next year’s presidential election.”
China “has attempted to undermine the political preferences of Taiwanese voters and provoke internal strife, which will help turn the cross-strait issue in its favor.”
Tsai also said she will meet with former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton, who arrived in Taiwan yesterday.
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