Hacker News with Generative AI: Election Integrity

We Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinfo Is Not an AI Problem (aisnakeoil.com)
AI-generated misinformation was one of the top concerns during the 2024 U.S. presidential election. In January 2024, the World Economic Forum claimed that “misinformation and disinformation is the most severe short-term risk the world faces” and that “AI is amplifying manipulated and distorted information that could destabilize societies.” News headlines about elections in 2024 tell a similar story:

Election Integrity, Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation, Politics

7 points by rbanffy 33 days ago | 0 comments

Voting machine companies are fighting the next disinformation war (theverge.com)
Smartmatic and Dominion are trying to debunk false stories and rebuild trust — but that’s a tall order in 2024.

Election Integrity, Disinformation, Technology, Politics, Trust

14 points by rntn 77 days ago | 2 comments

X's AI chatbot spread voter misinformation – and election officials fought back (theguardian.com)
When the Grok tool gave false information, a collection of election officials sprang into action to tamp it down

Artificial Intelligence, Election Integrity, Social Media, News, Politics

8 points by howard941 128 days ago | 0 comments

Heritage Foundation Spreads Deceptive Videos About Noncitizen Voters (nytimes.com)

Politics, Election Integrity, Misinformation

10 points by whack 132 days ago | 0 comments