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Election disinformation takes a big leap with AI being used to deceive worldwide

Mar. 14, 2024 03:46 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Artificial intelligence is supercharging the threat of election disinformation worldwide, making it easy for anyone with a smartphone and a devious imagination to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters. It marks a quantum leap from a few...

AI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden and Trump as election looms

Mar. 13, 2024 18:14 PM EDT

The popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney has started blocking its users from creating fake images of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, according to tests of the AI tool by The Associated Press. ...

Moldova faces multiple threats from Russia as it turns toward EU membership, foreign minister says

Mar. 10, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — The past two years have been the hardest and most tumultuous for European Union candidate Moldova in more than three decades as it faces threats from Russia in multiple spheres of public life, the country's foreign minister says. Since Russia invaded...

Bill that could make TikTok unavailable in the US advances quickly in the House

Mar. 07, 2024 18:08 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House as lawmakers voice concerns about the potential for the platform to surveil and manipulate Americans. The measure gained...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

Mar. 06, 2024 14:51 PM EST

PennLive. March 1, 2024. Editorial: Election workers in Pennsylvania deserve respect, not threats It’s time we changed the tone in our commonwealth and in our nation. People who step up to volunteer to ensure we have fair elections should be treated with admiration...

Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid

Mar. 01, 2024 17:32 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Vladimir Putin, victory in Ukraine may run through Texas' Rio Grande Valley. In recent weeks, Russian state media and online accounts tied to the Kremlin have spread and amplified misleading and incendiary content about U.S. immigration and border security....

Pennsylvania sets up election security task force ahead of 2024 presidential contest

Feb. 29, 2024 07:12 AM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies, civil defense officials and election administrators have begun meeting in Pennsylvania to coordinate how they will identify and fight election threats with the presidential contest just eight months away in the battleground state, Gov. Josh...

State Dept. screens AP-PBS Ukraine war film days after 2-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion

Feb. 27, 2024 21:39 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday hosted a screening of the award-winning Associated Press-PBS “Frontline” Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” days after Ukraine marked the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Elizabeth...

Magician says political consultant hired him to create AI robocall ahead of New Hampshire primary

Feb. 23, 2024 19:30 PM EST

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Orleans street magician said Friday that a Democratic consultant who worked for Dean Phillips’ presidential campaign hired him to create the audio for what authorities have said may be the first known attempt to use artificial intelligence to interfere with a U.S....

France accuses Russia of a disinformation campaign in a key election year

Feb. 12, 2024 19:28 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — France condemned “hostile” disinformation maneuvers after the country's authorities on Monday accused Russia of operating a long-running online manipulation campaign against Ukraine’s Western backers, in the lead up to the second anniversary of Moscow’s military invasion of...