Using AI to Shape the Midterm Elections
Your Vote Is Being Manipulated: The AI Midterm Election Threat No One Is Talking About
AI deepfakes, election interference, and disinformation are converging on the 2026 midterms in ways most voters don't realize. Analysts tracking political deepfakes estimate a 68% chance a fabricated AI video targeting a specific candidate surfaces within 96 hours of Election Day, the exact window where there's no time left to debunk it before people vote.
This isn't hypothetical. Senate Republicans already released an AI-generated video making a Democratic Senate candidate appear to say things he never…
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