The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blamed a few of its registration officers for the looks of suspected synthetic intelligence (AI)-generated pictures and different irregularities in its preliminary register of voters.
The fee stated some officers allegedly exploited their entry to its registration portal to introduce questionable data into the voter database.
INEC’s Director of Information and Communication Technology, Lawrence Bayode, disclosed this on Friday throughout an interview on Arise Television whereas responding to public considerations over discrepancies found within the just lately launched preliminary voter register.
The fee had come beneath criticism following the circulation of screenshots displaying suspected AI-generated pictures, duplicate entries and names of deceased individuals within the register.
Some of the disputed entries reportedly got here from a polling unit in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.
Explaining how the irregularities occurred, Bayode stated registration officers deployed throughout the nation had particular person login credentials that enabled them to entry the registration system.
He stated investigations had revealed that some officers used the entry to introduce questionable entries into the database.
“We have registration officers on the field. And these registration officers, they have login details to log into the system,” he stated.
Bayode added that the fee had recognized how among the irregularities had been launched, though the motive behind the actions remained unclear.
“When the ABIS was run on the system, we saw these people. We know what they did. We know how they did it. But honestly, I don’t know why,” he stated.
He, nonetheless, maintained that the fee had commenced the method of cleansing up the voter register earlier than making the preliminary model public.
The INEC official attributed among the challenges to the stress of finishing the registration train inside the statutory 90-day interval.
He additionally acknowledged that among the pictures had been AI-generated, describing the conduct of the officers accountable as poor registration observe.
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