AI-Powered Disinformation Campaigns Target U.S. Voters

The United States expects Russia, Iran, and China to continue their attempts to influence the November 5 elections by using artificial intelligence to disseminate fake information, according to a report released on October 2 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The department considers the three countries the most pressing foreign threats to U.S. critical infrastructure and expects them to remain so. The Justice Department last week provided examples of how Russia was behind a fake San Francisco television channel that spread lies about…