How can AI change Arizona elections? What you should know
Artificial intelligence is a booming business. With a few dollars, anyone can create a deep-fake voice online.
ChatGPT and other AI writing programs can take a student essay and polish it to a Ph.D. level. Manipulated videos can show an official saying or doing something outrageous — and fake.
With such powerful technology at everyone's fingertips, the question arises: How can we keep our election systems safe from bad actors using AI?
In this episode of The Gaggle, our election dissectors, Mary Jo Pitzl and Sasha Hupka, speak with Don Palmer, the vice chair of the Election Assistance Commission. This is a bipartisan commission that was created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, and it is tasked with certifying voting systems across the country. It also supports state and local election officials in their efforts to ensure accessible, accurate and secure elections.
Palmer explains both the pros and cons of AI and why it's important to set parameters on how it can be used. You will also hear an example of deep-fake voices of our hosts. Listen closely and see if you can tell the AI from the real voices.
Deep fakes: How to spot them
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AI and Arizona elections: What you need to know
