Billions of people will take to the polls next year, marking the world’s largest-ever electoral field. But this historic scale is not the only thing that will make 2024 unique. As new threats like deep fakes become cheaper and more widespread, these upcoming elections could serve as a test run for democracy in the artificial intelligence (AI) era. What risks does AI pose to elections next year? And will a surge in AI-powered disinformation change the nature of democratic elections?
Featured Guests:
Kat Duffy) (Senior Fellow for Digital and Cyberspace Policy)
Yoel Roth) (Technology Policy Fellow, University of California, Berkeley)
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/year-ai-and-elections)
