AI boosts new form of navy forces: 4,000 harmful information is produced in 48 hours

In recent years, the advancement of artificial intelligence technology has caused significant changes in the form of the online "water army". According to the Jiefang Daily, with the help of AI technology, the cost of activities of the navy has been reduced to only 1 cent per piece of information, and a person can control up to 6,000 mobile phones, and publish more than 4,000 harmful information within 48 hours.

During the Spring Festival, the movie "Operation Dragon" was forced to withdraw due to malicious low scores by the navy. Similar situations also occurred before the premiere of the movie "No Name". Data released by the Xiaohongshu governance team shows that in the past three months, the platform has disposed of more than 1 million black and gray industry accounts. These navy forces disguised as ordinary users and influenced others' opinions and decisions through comments and posting information.

The investigation found that the navy army, which used to rely mainly on real-person operations, has now formed a new industrial chain that relies on AI technology. This industrial chain includes upstream batch registration accounts and technical services, midstream anti-blocking and maintenance accounts, and various downstream monetization forms. A large amount of fake content generated by AI occupies traffic, causing people to worry about the authenticity of the information.

In order to break through the real-name restrictions, black and gray industry personnel adopted the policy of hoarding accounts, recycling or renting mobile phones at low prices, modifying equipment parameters to disguise the equipment, thereby obtaining more accounts. This situation is becoming increasingly serious, and the prices and acquisition channels of related accounts have become more complicated, involving second-hand trading platforms and social media.