Bipartisan lawmakers press agencies on AI election threats

Bipartisan House lawmakers Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Mike Lawler pressed the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice on Tuesday over risks AI chatbots could pose to the upcoming election, urging agencies to address potential voter misinformation.

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers are pressing multiple federal agencies over the risks artificial intelligence could pose to the upcoming election, specifically over chatbots’ responses to voters. Reps. Josh Gottheimer D-N.J. and Mike Lawler R-N.Y. , in a letter sent Tuesday, urged the heads of the departments of Homeland Security and Justice, the Cybersecurity and…