Top cyber and intelligence officials told a Senate panel Wednesday that the U.S. is prepared to handle election interference threats later this year, but stressed that AI-generated content will further challenge authorities in their ability to verify sham content.
The remarks came just under six months before a November U.S. election that’s running in parallel with dozens of other elections around the world this year.
“Since 2016, we’ve seen declassified intelligence assessments name a whole host of influence actors who have engaged in, or at least contemplated, election influence and interference activities — including not only Iran, Russia and the PRC, but also Cuba, Venezuela, Hezbollah and a range of foreign hacktivists and profit-motivated cybercriminals,” said Senate Intelligence Committee chair Mark Warner, D-Va. in opening remarks.
