New reports reveal that Russia has been actively interfering in the U.S. midterm elections for months.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving new ways to manipulate democracy. And this election season, it’s coming to a smartphone screen near you.New intelligence reports show that over the past several months, Russia has again embarked on a campaign to meddle in American elections.

In the run-up to the 2026 midterms, the New York Times reports that the U.S. intelligence community has been monitoring social media campaigns and AI-powered deepfake videos depicting Hollywood celebrities such as Julia Roberts or Jamie Lee Curtis criticizing Democratic candidates.One of the deepfakes even depicted actress Sarah Jessica Parker calling both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Democratic candidates “Nazis.”

These videos use lies to amplify typical attack lines against candidates’ positions on immigration and LGBT rights, along with accusations of corruption and antisemitism.

The assessments also point to Iran using similar tactics to disrupt U.S. democracy.Because Russia is distracted by its grueling war against Ukraine, experts believe this year’s manipulation during the U.S. midterms is relatively minor compared with Russia’s massive influence operation during the 2016 presidential election.

Disinformation and propaganda efforts have long been part of Russia’s foreign policy and cognitive warfare strategy. They have exploited critical vulnerabilities in free societies through the 2016 election, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, and more recently during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. These techniques have been........

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