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  • A mysterious figure's hands are seen typing on the computer as a tablet sits nearby-- suggesting hacking or meddling via computer.Politics

    Foreign election meddling extends to Congressional races: Intel officials

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Visitors pass the Chinese Communist Party flag at the museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)Politics

    China taps into AI to ramp up fake-news campaign amid U.S. election

    By Didi Tang, David Klepper, and others
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump makes a campaign stop at Pubkey Bar and Media House, Wednesday, Sept.18, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Iranian hackers tried to sell stolen Trump info to Biden campaign but failed, FBI says

    By Eric Tucker and David Klepper
  • Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, speaks before a meeting of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington, with from left, Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Division, Nicole Argentieri, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Matthew Olsen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    Russia’s newest tactic to inject pro-Moscow content into U.S. politics is paying Americans to do the work

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A woman walks with her ballot to a vacant voting booth at City Hall in San Francisco, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)Politics

    China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network of fake social media users mimics Americans to sway U.S. political debate

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta blocked an Iranian hacking network posing as tech support from Microsoft and Google

    By Eric Tucker, David Klepper, and others
  • Scarlett JohanssonTech

    Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use fake female online profiles to get clicks: ‘Pretending to be a female is the easiest way to get credibility’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The YouTube app is seen on an iPad, March 20, 2018, in Baltimore. YouTube announced Wednesday, June 5, 2024, that it is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Tech

    YouTube is tightening rules on gun videos to stop them from reaching children but critics say proof will be in ‘whether the company enforces’ them

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, speaks during the open portion of a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    Senators grill top U.S. intelligence officials about how they’ll stop AI-armed adversaries from influencing the 2024 election

    By David Klepper, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Don BeyerTech

    Car dealership owner turned politician goes back to college to study AI, machine learning: ‘There won’t be robots with red eyes coming after us any time soon’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Fake images of Trump surrounded by smiling Black voters are circulating online, highlighting the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence ahead of the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Tech

    Fake images of Donald Trump with Black supporters highlight worries about how AI will be used in 2024 election

    By Matt Brown, David Klepper, and others
  • FILE – Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. Attorneys for X Corp. and a research organization that studies online hate speech traded arguments in court Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, after the social media platform sued the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate for documenting the recent increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)Tech

    Elon Musk’s X wants judge to penalize non-profit for documenting hate speech on the platform, costing it millions when advertisers fled

    By David Klepper, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Seth Robinson, a chiropractor who serves as Tesla BioHealing's medical director, lifts bed skirts to show "biohealers" — canisters that the company claims exude "life force energy," or biophotons, at the Tesla BioHealing & MedBed Center, in Milford, Del., on Oct. 3, 2023. According to QAnon adherents, medbeds were developed by the military (in some versions, using alien technology) and are already in use by the world’s richest and most powerful families.Health

    From ‘life force energy’ canisters to ‘medbeds,’ online health conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven treatments

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta closes nearly 4,800 accounts it says China-based actors were exploiting to repost Twitter content and polarize U.S. voters

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta updates AI deepfake policy for political ads, 2 months after Google did it

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press