A US President Donald Trump supporter screams at supporters of Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center as ballot counting continues inside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 6, 2020. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)
SEDALIA, CO – JUNE 28: Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado. Peters lost to former Jefferson County Clerk Pam Anderson, who will move on to face Democratic incumbent Jena Griswold. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
U.S. officials said they are closely monitoring for signs that bad actors have improved their AI influence operations, whether by creating their own powerful models or finding ways to more effectively amplify content. [Image created by mathisworks via Getty Images]
The DHS and CISA booth at the 2019 RSA conference in San Francisco. (Scoop News Group photo)
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon testifies during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing titled “AI and The Future of Our Elections” on Capitol Hill September 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Margarita Simonyan, editor in chief of the international channel Russia Today, attends a meeting of Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin with his confidants ahead of the upcoming presidential election in Moscow on January 31, 2024. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 11: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson looks on as Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks during a House Administration Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. The hearing examined “American Confidence in Elections” while looking forward to the 2024 Presidential Election in just under two months. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)
Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the indictments of two employees of Russia’s RT and sanctions on top editors of the state-funded news outlet, accusing them of seeking to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Garland chaired the meeting of the DOJ’s Election Threats Task Force in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security subcommittee on April 28 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)