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Efforts to deceive are a top concern among state election officials

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to deceive the public about
voting and elections remain a top concern for state
election officials as they dig into preparations for the
2024 election.
Misinformation and the emergence of generative
artificial intelligence tools to create false and misleading
content were cited in interviews with several secretaries
of state gathered recently for their national conference.
Other top concerns were staffing and the loss of
experienced leaders overseeing elections at the local
level. The officials were gathered in Washington for the
annual summer conference of the National Association
of Secretaries of State.
“The cliché here is true,” said Minnesota Secretary of
State Steve Simon, a Democrat. “You hope for the best,
but plan for the worst. So, we’re planning for the worst,
which is that multiple communications channels will be
filled with false and misleading information.”
State election officials in Michigan and Colorado said
they were particularly concerned about the rise of
AI and the implications of it being misused by foreign
adversaries seeking to meddle in U.S. elections. They
pointed to altered videos, known as deepfakes, that rely
on facial mapping and AI to make it appear that real
people are saying things they never said. Visuals regarding election security planning are set up during a panel about elections during
the summer meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State, Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in
Washington
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