Election 2026: OpenAI launches election war room

OpenAI will keep a close eye on the midterm elections after launching what is being called a war room. Read more trending news It is officially called an Election Operations Center and will be active until all votes are counted, Politico reported. The initiative will help identify the spread of misinformation and other ways the election could be disrupted. “We’ve put considerable effort [into] ensuring we help users get reliable voting information, combat misuse of our tools and support election defenders,” Josh Lawson, OpenAI’s head of civic and strategic risk, told Politico. “The Elections Operations Center builds on that yearslong work, bringing our teams together to respond quickly to emerging issues and enforce our policies as people head to the polls.”Lawson told NBC News that it will “helps support users seeking correct information, reliable information, about the when, where, how to vote process, but also to combats misuse.”He said OpenAI built safeguards that will keep “bad ac