Imagine scrolling through social media and seeing a video of an electoral official appearing to confess to a plan to rig an election. The video looks and sounds real, but it is entirely fabricated—a product of generative artificial intelligence. This scenario is no longer science fiction, nor is it a distant, theoretical risk. According to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it is a clear and present danger to the credibility of elections. The Commission has raised fresh concern over the threat of generative AI, warning that its misuse for manipulated audio, video and targeted messaging has become cheaper and…

A terrifying encounter outside an Amelia-area business has led to the arrest of a 27-year-old Morgan City man, and the woman at the center of the ordeal is now safe after authorities say she was forced into a vehicle by an allegedly intoxicated man. St. Mary Parish Sheriff Gary Driskell announced that Guillermo Cerpa Carmona was taken into custody early Sunday morning on a warrant charging him with simple kidnapping, simple battery, and false imprisonment. The case began when the woman, still shaken, was dropped off at another business in Assumption Parish and immediately approached law enforcement there. Her account…