IntelBrief: The Potential Threat Artificial Intelligence Poses to the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and Beyond

Bottom Line Up Front

• The unregulated use of artificial intelligence (AI) threatens further chaos and erosion of public trust in U.S. institutions and democracy in the 2024 presidential election and beyond.
• According to DeepMedia, a company working to detect synthetic media, there are currently three times as many deepfake videos, AI-generated content, and eight times as many voice deepfakes being posted online compared to 2022.
• Deepfakes could pose a massive threat to the democratic process in the United States through the spread of false narratives, potentially resulting in the further erosion of public trust in media.
• Former CEO of Alphabet Eric Schmidt has warned that social media companies do not have the capacity to deal with AI mis- and disinformation on their platforms, which could lead to chaos in the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.