Senate Intelligence Chair Warner keeps pressure on tech firms over AI election threats

Senate Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) is continuing to put pressure on tech company executives to mitigate misinformation and artificial intelligence threats to elections, arguing industry leaders appear to have failed to live up to highly publicized pledges and saying Congress has been slow to act.

“There are places we disagree,” Warner told three tech industry executives at a Sept. 18 hearing on foreign threats to the U.S. election.

“I do believe you know Congress’s batting record on social...