CT lawmakers want stronger AI protections during election season [Video]

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for stronger protections against the use of artificial intelligence. 

They’re specifically focusing on interference in elections and, with the November races just nine weeks away, they say new laws are needed now.

“Right now in this election season, artificial technology is the Wild West,” said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D-CT).

Whether it’s through deep fakes, robo calls, or misinformation, artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger part of the campaign cycle.

“With artificial intelligence, with about the same resource at the same time and the same budget, you can generate thousands, tens of thousands of directed messages, directed at specific voters,” Adam Powell, executive director of the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative, said.

Powell says elections have significantly changed in the last …