Eduardo Correia, Chief Technology Officer of Smartmatic, shared his insights on the opportunities and challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) brings to the electoral field.
Eduardo Correia: “Navigating the AI Hype in Electoral Processes”

Eduardo Correia, Chief Technology Officer of Smartmatic, shared his insights on the opportunities and challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) brings to the electoral field.
The election commissions of Georgia, Philippines and Kenya, were awarded recognitions during the prestigious International Electoral Awards, organized by the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies. All three were recognized for election events in which they partnered with Smartmatic.
Smartmatic’s Chief Technology Officer Eduardo Correia provided a comprehensive overview of the company’s portfolio. His presentation covered the complete electoral process – from the modernization of voting centers to secure and auditable in-person voting.
We wanted to see just how much ChatGPT knows about elections – so we asked it – about everything from AI use in elections to election integrity.
Eduardo Correia, our Chief Technology Officer, covered three perspectives to support election management bodies (EMBs) in defining a security strategy.
Encryption and digital signatures are the two primary mechanisms to deliver this layer of information security.