How worried should we be about AI and the election? As advances in generative artificial intelligence stand to disrupt elections, we ask what the latest developments mean in 2024 and for the future of democracy. AI has been used to doctor photos, create deep fakes, manipulate candidates’ voices and seed false information about voting among targeted groups—and will only ramp up as Election Day approaches. How are AI companies, elections officials, and the media preparing? And is it all just risk or can AI also be used to improve democracy?

Rachel Leingang and Rachael Myrow (’95)

In conversation with guests across technology, media and the law, Rachael Myrow (’95), senior editor of KQED’s Silicon Valley News Desk and Rachel Leingang, a democracy reporter focused on misinformation for Guardian US will explore what’s happening right now and what ramifications it will have on campaigns, journalists, voters, national security and democracy.