'It’s really embarrassing that this is still a possibility' — AI could exploit a flaw in Georgia's voting equipment and match voters to their ballots

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Security researchers warned that a Georgia voting-equipment flaw could let ballots be matched to voters after votes are cast without changing vote totals. The issue was discovered in 2022 and, they said, AI tools can make it easier to carry out the exploit by automating technical steps. Georgia election officials moved to limit public records and to scramble ballot-image/cast-vote order before release, while advocates pushed for applying software fixes or changing practices so ballots can’t be traced.