How voters feel artificial intelligence will impact election integrity | Column

As the capabilities of generative AI have expanded rapidly in recent years, concerns about the potential impact of AI on the American elections have become more pressing than ever. Growing public anxiety is driven in large part by the fact that AI’s ability to generate misinformation now far outstrips the capacity of fact-checkers to keep up, posing a significant potential threat to the integrity of our democratic processes.

As the 2024 elections approach, AI’s ability to generate and spread misinformation — from deepfake videos of political figures to falsified voting instructions — has already begun to reshape the information...