Scripps News got deepfaked to see how AI could impact elections [Video]

For months, the U.S. intelligence community has warned of foreign election influence campaigns using artificial intelligence to create content intended to sway the November presidential election.

This week, reports circulated that Iran attempted to infiltrate the Harris and Trump campaigns. To find out how AI could supercharge the foreign interference problem, the Scripps News Disinformation Desk turned to a nonprofit dedicated to educating the public on just how extraordinary — and dangerous — AI can really be.

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CivAI produces interactive AI software that can be used to illustrate everything from highly personalized email phishing scams to deepfake audio recordings. They’ve provided these kinds of educational tools to everyone from the Arizona Secretary of State’s office to AARP.

The company’s cofounder, Lucas Hansen, came to the Scripps News office for a very personal demonstration. Using just one …