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U.S. Finds Subdued Foreign Meddling Operations in Midterm Elections

Russia was linked to influence campaigns targeting Democrats that gained little traction, but the Kremlin may be more focused on France’s elections in the spring.

© Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters

Red Square in Moscow in September. Current and former U.S. officials said they were unsure why Russia and Iran both appeared to engage in less meddling than in years past, including the 2024 election.

OpenAI and Anthropic Set Up ‘War Rooms’ to Fight Disinfo About Midterm Elections

OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech companies have vowed to protect Tuesday’s elections from efforts to undermine democracy.

© Heather Diehl for The New York Times

OpenAI employees work inside the company’s Election Operations Center in San Francisco.

OpenAI and Anthropic Set Up ‘War Rooms’ to Fight Disinfo About Midterm Elections

OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech companies have vowed to protect Tuesday’s elections from efforts to undermine democracy.

© Heather Diehl for The New York Times

OpenAI employees work inside the company’s Election Operations Center in San Francisco.

How A.I. Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Microtarget Voters

Hyper-personalized messages, delivered with A.I.-enabled precision, herald a new frontier for voter outreach (and potential disinformation).

© Will Warasila for The New York Times

Microtargeting technology can help campaigns build more sophisticated models about constituent preferences that can be used to test various messaging in real time.

How A.I. Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Microtarget Voters

Hyper-personalized messages, delivered with A.I.-enabled precision, herald a new frontier for voter outreach (and potential disinformation).

© Will Warasila for The New York Times

Microtargeting technology can help campaigns build more sophisticated models about constituent preferences that can be used to test various messaging in real time.

Tommy Robinson Found Guilty of Harassing 2 UK Journalists

The anti-immigrant agitator, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, will be sentenced in December.

© Toby Shepheard/Reuters

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, outside Southwark Crown Court in London on Wednesday.

A Fight Over Felon Voting Prompts a Free Speech Debate

A Minnesota group worried that its opposition could expose it to prosecution under the state’s deceptive-practices law. Its lawsuit could have wide implications for limiting speech around elections.

© Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times

Andrew Cilek leads Minnesota Voters Alliance, which won an appellate ruling in a First Amendment lawsuit against a state law on deceptive practices.

A.I. and Its Dangers Are Embedded In the Midterm Elections

The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

One in five voters plan to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Association of Political Consultants.

A.I. and Its Dangers Are Embedded In the Midterm Elections

The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

One in five voters plan to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Association of Political Consultants.

Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns

The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.

© Brian Stauffer

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