PoliticsExperts warn AI-driven disinformation is rampant on social media ahead of US midterms

Experts say social media is awash with unprecedented AI-driven disinformation before the US midterms, as platforms scale back efforts to shield voters from election lies. A false story about Texas Senate candidate James Talarico’s absence spread and mutated in Spanish-language media, including into a fabricated claim that he had attempted suicide.

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