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Artificial intelligence (AI) presents both challenges and opportunities for democracy. The threats which relate to elections are especially pressing, given that AI has gone mainstream in the year in which an unprecedented 4.2 billion people are set to go to the polls.
Generative AI creates a particular challenge in relation to elections. Tools such as ChatGPT allow users to create AI-generated content, whether text, image or video. Disinformation is already a considerable issue in the digital world and AI has super-charged that problem. It is quicker and easier than ever to disseminate false stories for political ends.
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