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Sophistication of AI-backed operation targeting senator points to future of deepfake schemes

Sep. 26, 2024 13:59 PM EDT

Washington (AP) — An advanced deepfake operation targeted Sen. Ben Cardin, the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this month, according to the Office of Senate Security, the latest sign that nefarious actors are turning to artificial intelligence in efforts to dupe top...

2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day

Sep. 20, 2024 15:53 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was created more than 200 years ago. Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester marks the...