Misinformation in the 2024 election will be rampant due to accessible AI tools, says Eric Schmidt. Social media’s failure to protect against false AI-generated content and the reduction of trust and safety groups are concerns. Schmidt suggests marking content and holding users accountable for law violations.

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The mismatch between who can solve societal problems and who has the motivation to solve them is a large part of why society is fucked right now. To your point, there’s zero motivation from social media companies to fix anything in this current regulatory landscape

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