SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — With the 2024 U.S. election season already probably the most risky in current historical past, election officers throughout the nation are scrambling to arrange for a brand new menace that has rapidly turn into a high concern: a possible tidal wave of synthetic intelligence–fueled lies designed to confuse and agitate offended, scared and paranoid American voters.
AI has superior quickly in recent times, as ChatGPT and companies that generate faux photos, audio, and video consistently enhance their capabilities. These advances have jolted the election group, which was already reeling from a rise in mis- and disinformation, conspiracy theories, and dying threats largely tied to a surge in right-wing extremism in 2020.
