Next year the US will vote in another election and at the moment it’s looking like it could very well be a rematch between Donald Trump and President Biden. Now a new poll has revealed that many Americans are beginning to worry about what AI’s role might be with regards to electing the next president. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00Next year the US will vote in another election and at the moment
00:03It's looking like it very well could be a rematch between Donald Trump and President Biden last election cycle included tons of misinformation
00:11Including a substantial fake news campaign run by Russia meant to sow discord manipulate public discourse
00:17discredit the electoral system and more now a new poll from the Associated Press
00:21National Opinion Research Center and the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy has found many Americans are worried about misinformation again
00:30But not specifically from Russia according to the survey
00:3458% of Americans believe artificial intelligence will be at the root of fake news during the next election cycle and among those who have quote
00:41Heard a lot or some about AI that number was even higher at 61% with 54% saying we need federal laws
00:49against AI generated content of any kind in political ads and
00:5366% more said the government should also ban all false or misleading images that were generated or
00:59Manipulated by AI and political ads the poll was conducted just last month and included both Democrats and Republicans
01:05revealing substantial bipartisan support for more artificial intelligence
01:09Regulation in fact just this week President Biden signed an executive order one lauded as the first
01:15Regulatory step in recognizing AI as a powerful and perhaps dangerous
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