Secretaries of State are already preparing for election disinformation during the 2024 presidential campaign that will be supercharged by artificial intelligence, many of them told CyberScoop during the National Association of Secretaries of State Conference that’s taking place this week in Washington.
As a result, they said they are taking unprecedented steps to confront misinformation and disinformation about the election they expect will come in the form of deepfakes and other AI-generated content that could be used to deceive or manipulate voters, a threat that has sparked serious concern from federal officials and election researchers as well….
The rise of deepfakes and AI-generated misinformation coincides with a divestment by major companies such as Meta in resources to monitor election content, a reversal in previous years. A federal judge also recently upheld an injunction preventing the Biden administration, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, from discussing domestic disinformation with tech companies. CISA has acted as the main election defender and has in recent elections worked with social media platforms and states to counter voting disinformation.