Both Cyber Command and the NSA have played key roles in monitoring for and disrupting threats to U.S. elections in recent years. | Patrick Semansky/AP PhotoGenerative artificial intelligence technologies will likely pose a major threat in next year’s U.S. presidential election, Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Joe Biden’s pick to lead the NSA and Cyber Command, warned Thursday.
The advent of AI technologies, such as the surging use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, poses new challenges. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the main agency that protects U.S. election infrastructure,that AI poses “epoch-defining” risks, including increasing disinformation online.The confirmation hearing Thursday was heavy on AI-related questions from senators on both sides of the aisle eager to tackle the problem.