AI deepfakes threaten to wreak havoc with the world's year of elections

• Separating fact from fiction has never been so hard for voters.
• As billions head to the polls this year, AI deepfakes pose a real threat to credible information.
• Voters have already received robocalls impersonating Joe Biden, and seen fake video ads of Rishi Sunak.

We keep being told that AI is going to make life easier. Yet voters heading to the polls in 2024 have reason to be doubtful.

This year, roughly half the world's population will find out just how problematic AI is to the democratic process as they prepare to vote in elections in the US as well as the likes of Britain, India, and Mexico.