Microsoft Blocks Candidate Images

AbujaMicrosoft will load Nigeria’s candidate list into its AI tools.

A Yiaga Africa survey found Nigerians doubt the 2027 process and that their votes will count.

Microsoft’s Dave Liechtman said the electoral commission’s final list will bar its generators from producing unrealistic images of those candidates.

Liechtman says US research shows voters distrust candidates who share AI-generated media.

Yiaga Africa wants AI results-aggregation platforms to prove they are accurate, transparent and auditable before 2027.

How each outlet framed it

Premium Times Nigeria: reports Microsoft will load INEC's final candidate list into its image system to block unrealistic candidate images ahead of the 2027 vote