{
  "id": 17759158,
  "title": "INEC flags 268 records over AI photos, irregularities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/inec-flags-268-records-over-ai-photos-irregularities-17759158",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-02T07:02:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/inec-flags-268-records-over-ai-photos-irregularities/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Independent National Electoral Commission has identified 268 records in its preliminary Register of Voters that raised suspicions due to potential artificial intelligence-generated photographs and other irregularities. The commission's Director of Information and Communication Technology, Lawrence Bayode, revealed this while discussing the issue on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Bayode explained that the Automated Biometric Identification System had detected these questionable records for further inspection, stating that some individuals may have exploited a special registration option meant for persons with disabilities to create questionable voter profiles. The commission is currently working on removing the affected records from the preliminary register, distinguishing between AI-enhanced photographs and those generated entirely by artificial intelligence.",
  "summary": "The Independent National Electoral Commission has flagged 268 records in its preliminary Register of Voters for suspected artificial intelligence-generated photographs and other irregularities, as it begins a process to clean up the database ahead of the 2027 general elections. The commission’s Director of Information and Communication Technology, Lawrence Bayode, disclosed this on Channels…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}