With less than eight months to go until Election Day, state election officials are proactively assessing the biggest threats to fair and secure voting, and topping this list of potential issues is artificial intelligence interference. In a recent article by POLITICO’s Zach Montellaro, NewDEAL Secretaries of State Adrian Fontes (Arizona) and Maggie Toulouse Oliver (New Mexico) share their concerns about the emerging technology this year. “I 100 percent expect it to happen this cycle,” Toulouse Oliver said of things like deep-fake videos and other AI-generated disinformation. “It is going to be prevalent in election communications this year.” Fontes echoed this sentiment, highlighting AI’s disruptive potential while also featuring the work his office is doing to get ahead of threats, including conducting robust training that taught election officials how to address a deep-fake version of Fontes himself. Also this week, Brookings released a guide for state election officials on AI, urging leaders to open conversations with voters about AI and create streamlined protocols for reviewing AI-generated content. As artificial intelligence continues to pose new challenges and opportunities to good governance, stay tuned for more insights from our sister organization, the NewDEAL Forum.