People vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day at Pasteur Elementary School in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., November 5, 2024. Ahead of the 2024 U.S. election, there was widespread fear that generative artificial intelligence (AI) presented an unprecedented threat to democracy. Just six weeks before the election, more than half of Americans said they were “extremely or very concerned” that AI would be used to spread misleading information. Intelligence officials warned that these technologies would be used by foreign influence campaigns to undermine trust in democracy, and that growing access to AI tools would lead to a deluge of political deepfakes . This premature, “sky is falling” narrative was based on very little evidence, something we warned about a year ago . But while it seems clear […]
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