“We interfered, we interfere, and we will interfere,” said late Russian oligarch and mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in an admission last year that we can expect more Kremlin interference in American elections. While Prigozhin since died in a plane crash, it’s safe to assume that his successors will continue receiving orders to attack U.S. elections from every possible angle, but this time they’ll have a new and formidable ally: AI.
In 2024, we can expect an AI-amplified assault on our election systems. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has already warned that China, Russia, and Iran are likely to use generative AI to target U.S. “election infrastructure, processes, and personnel.” Microsoft says it caught China in the act. And on September 27, federal lawmakers took up the topic for discussion in a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.