WATCH LIVE: ‘AI + 2024 Elections: Navigating A Messy Information Space’ hosted by Stephanie Sy

PBS NewsHour West anchor Stephanie Sy hosts a conversation about artificial intelligence and it’s potential influence on the 2024 election at a McCain Institute event.
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Event description via the McCain institute:
“AI + 2024 Elections: Navigating A Messy Information Space,” is a conversation co-hosted by the McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) and the Alliance for Securing Democracy. The event will take place on Thursday, October 17, at ASU’s Phoenix Campus.
Generative AI programs can be used to churn out content parroting false narratives within seconds and produce sophisticated fake images, videos, and audio that are increasingly indistinguishable from authentic material. The widespread accessibility of these tools offers malign actors at home and abroad a new, low-cost weapon to attempt to interfere in elections.
The panelists will assess AI threats to this year’s elections and share solutions, including what their offices are doing to safeguard the election from such threats.