The risk of artificial intelligence for democracy and the EU’s first efforts to regulate it

The disinformation techniques are evolving alongside with the evolution of artificial intelligence. The creating and dissemination of disinformation is more effective especially due to perpetrators using deepfake as convincing illusion of reality, bots as artificial means of making disinformation relevant and psychographic microtargeting as powerful tool for tailoring perfect disinformation for each individual. European Union is aware of the dangers imposed by artificial intelligence, but the question is whether current or proposed regulations have the potential to tackle the issue effectively.