Election managers have beefed up physical and cybersecurity, updating laws and planning to counter misinformation campaigns.

Gotta reach young voters where they are, right?

And, a potential tipping point for our economic mood.

Geopolitical conflicts persist, and a political war rages inside the U.S. as elections approach, observes Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer.

Today, we’ll discuss a new report that predicts the 2023-24 contests will be the costliest of all time.

So far, outside spending far surpasses 2020’s pace, says Sheila Krumholz of OpenSecrets. But where’s the money coming from?

Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired joins Lily Jamali for Bytes: Week in Review to discuss the next chapter for co-working startup WeWork, AI-generated political ads and YouTube’s war on ad blockers.

Plus, a body-double conspiracy runs rampant online.

X is bringing back advertising by parties and candidates. Journalist Jonathan Lemire and researcher Katie Harbath discuss the potential impact of the content that might be disseminated under Elon Musk’s leadership of the platform.

“AI literacy,” or the ability to see through artificial intelligence-generated misinformation, will be important for U.S. voters, says Susan Gonzales, CEO of AIandYou.