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№14OpenAlignment & control

How to prevent AI misuse for political purposes and processes such as voting

The problem

What needs solving

Not yet stated.

Why it matters and what counts as progress

If we can’t do this, real democracy fails - it goes to the highest bidder. Being able to detect, immediately, when AI is used for this purpose would be early progress. Then, significant deterrents against perpetrators — i.e. those who prevent free and fair elections.

Stater & version history

Stated by Jane Victoria Appleton

v1.0

2 Nov 2026 — Proposed by Jane Victoria Appleton and numbered by the ideas council.

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