2027: INEC’s plan to introduce AI in electoral process sparks reactions

The announcement connected Tuesday by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan that the electoral umpire has established a dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) Division and commenced integrating its tools into its predetermination results verification and cybersecurity systems up of the 2027 wide elections has not gone down good with immoderate Nigerians, peculiarly absorption members.

Amupitan made the disclosure successful Abuja astatine a satellite property league and nationalist stakeholders’ gathering organised to people 100 days to the archetypal ballot of the 2027 elections.

He disclosed that automated AI auditing tools were being integrated into the Commission’s results verification process nether a five-pillar AI Governance Framework, with mandatory quality oversight.

He added that INEC was finalising a argumentation to usher the deployment of the technology.

He noted that the Commission was besides integrating AI-driven anomaly detection tools to show database postulation and support its nationalist portals against cyber intrusions and unauthorised alterations.

The INEC boss, however, warned that the increasing usage of generative AI, dependable cloning and deepfake videos posed a superior menace to the integrity of the electoral process.

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