Article 6JX0T ‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election?

‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election?

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Rachel Leingang
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Robocalls of President Biden already confused primary voters in New Hampshire - but measures to curb the technology could be too little too late

The AI election is here.

Already this year, a robocall generated using artificial intelligence targeted New Hampshire voters in the January primary, purporting to be President Joe Biden and telling them to stay home in what officials said could be the first attempt at using AI to interfere with a US election. The deepfake" calls were linked to two Texas companies, Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom.

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