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How a $20 AI chatbot cracked ballot secrecy for 1.5 million Georgia voters
A Princeton researcher used an AI model and public election records to match 98.9% of in-person ballots to individual voters in dozens of Georgia counties, weeks before the midterms.
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Concerning4 min read · October 3, 2026
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