Viewpoint: Why We Should All Be Worried About AI in Elections
By Lisa Poggiali and Samson Itodo
Last month, all 193 United Nations member states gathered in Geneva for the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance. For two days they debated how the world should govern AI, yet paid little attention to one of AI’s most consequential governance challenges: its impact on elections. The omission risks undermining progress on every other aspect of the AI debate: safety, trustworthiness, capacity building, societal implications, and human rights.
Photo courtesy of cottonbro studio.
