Online disinformation operations bent on disrupting US elections aren’t a new thing.

But a lot has changed in the years since.

They also noted how disinformation campaigns often target women, pushing an already underrepresented population out of politics.

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Election security has been a major topic for the past two presidential elections.

The worry expressed by the panel is that AI could substantially ramp up those threats.

And it’s already happening.

“It would be like pouring gasoline on a fire,” he said.