WATCH LIVE: “AI + Elections 2024: Navigating a Chaotic Information Space,” moderated by Stephanie Sy

PBS NewsHour West anchor Stephanie Sy moderates a conversation about artificial intelligence and its potential impact on the 2024 election at a McCain Institute event.

Speakers include:

1. Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State
2. Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates
3. Stephanie Sy, Anchor, PBS Newshour West
4. Nadya Bliss, executive director of the ASU Global Security Initiative
5. Sarah Gonski, Faculty Associate, ASU Voting Law
6. Rachael Dean Wilson, Executive Director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund
7. Bret Schafer, Senior Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund
8. Paul Fagan, Director of Democracy Programs, McCain Institute

Event description via the McCain Institute:
“AI + Elections 2024: Navigating a Chaotic Information Space” is a conversation co-hosted by the McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) and the Alliance for Securing Democracy. The event will take place on Thursday, October 17, at ASU’s Phoenix Campus.

Generative AI programs can produce content that parrots false narratives in seconds, producing sophisticated fake images, videos and audio files that are increasingly indistinguishable from authentic material. The widespread accessibility of these tools provides malicious actors at home and abroad with a new, low-cost weapon to attempt election interference.

Panelists will assess AI threats to this year’s elections and share solutions, including what their offices are doing to protect elections from such threats.