{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_iqzzkwwxgezqx2hgt2sq","title":"NC election experts warn about voter trust as AI makes political misinformation easier to create","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/nc-election-experts-warn-about-voter-trust-as-ai-makes-political-iqzzkwwxge","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_iqzzkwwxgezqx2hgt2sq","seq":1431156,"kind":"article","title":"NC election experts warn about voter trust as AI makes political misinformation easier to create","url":"https://ncnewsline.com/2026/10/02/nc-election-experts-warn-about-voter-trust-as-ai-makes-political-misinformation-easier-to-create","summary":"SALISBURY — Artificial intelligence is making it easier to create realistic political images, videos and audio, leaving voters with a new question as they head toward the midterm elections: How do they know what they are seeing is real? That question was at the center of a panel discussion at Catawba College’s “Ballots & Bots” […]","published":"2026-10-02T18:50:39Z","seen":"2026-10-02T21:11:30Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-ncnewsline-com-c508ea","name":"ncnewsline.com","domain":"ncnewsline.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q16920498","name":"NC Newsline","type":"website","country":"US","designations":["news media","news website","organization"]}},"via":"kite-ncnewsline-com-c508ea","topics":["defending democracy","election 2026","news","voting","2026 elections","artificial intelligence","catawba college","catawba college-yougov survey"],"authors":["Trevon Spencer"],"entities":[{"id":"Q483036","name":"NC","type":"place"}],"story":"st_iqzzkwwxgezqx2hgt2sq","category":"politics","category_p":0.8600000143051147,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5400000214576721,"political":0.7099999785423279}]}