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Arizona secretary of state warns AI could be a ‘magnifier’ of disinformation ahead of election


Arizona’s Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) warned artificial intelligence (AI) could be a “magnifier” of misinformation ahead of the upcoming election on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. “Well, look, I have to reach back into my past,” Fontes said, according to a transcript. “And in boot camp and in other military training I had…

Arizona’s Secretary of State Adrian Fontes(D) warned artificial intelligence (AI) could be a “magnifier” of misinformation ahead of the upcoming election on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. President Biden said Tuesday in a post on the social platform X that AI “and the companies that wield its possibilities are going to transform the lives of people around the world – there’s no doubt about that.” In the same appearance on “Meet the Press,” Fontes also said increasing threats to election officials are “domestic terrorism” and that he and other offices are trying to tackle the issue alongside law enforcement nationwide.

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