BALTIMORE — As artificial intelligence technology advances, creating convincing fake images and videos has become easier and faster, raising concerns about how this could impact Maryland's upcoming 2026 elections.

The technology's ability to deceive voters is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and political experts warn that fake content could influence election outcomes before voters have time to verify its authenticity.

"Political communication has always been at the forefront of a lot of technological communication since the first websites, through social media and so forth," said Daniel Trielli, assistant professor of media and democracy at the University of Maryland.

While attack ads are common during election season, the real concern emerges when AI is used to deliberately misle

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