According to France 24, French leaders are bracing for a new front in election security: artificial intelligence. On Thursday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened lawmakers across party lines to confront a growing threat — the possibility that AI could amplify foreign attempts to manipulate voting ahead of France's 2027 presidential race. While French authorities position themselves among Europe's top three cybersecurity defenders, they're sounding an alarm that advancing AI tools could tip the scales, making digital interference tactics more sophisticated and harder to detect than ever.

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