In January, New Hampshire voters responded to a phone call from what sounded like President Joe Biden. What turned out to be an AI-generated robocall caused a stir as it attempted to convince Democratic voters not to show up to polling places on Election Day.
In response to this scam, a few weeks later, the US government banned robocalls using voices generated by artificial intelligence. But experts warn that this story is just one example of why 2024 will be a year of unprecedented election misinformation in the United States and around the world.
This week, Jonathan Freedland and Rachel Leingang discuss why people are so worried about artificial intelligence’s influence on the November presidential election and what politicians can do to catch up.
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