New Delhi: Ahead of assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission on Friday issued an advisory to political parties against the misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tools in political campaigns, saying such content poses a grave threat by its ability to masquerade as truth.

The advisory came amid complaints by parties that their political rivals were spreading misinformation using AI.

After issuing guidelines in May 2024 and January this year, the poll authority came out with an advisory largely reiterating its earlier instructions.

Depicting political leaders making electorally sensitive messages using AI is contaminating the level-playing field in the electoral arena, the advisory said.

Publishing and transmitting synthetically generated information is a deep threat and ch

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