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How AI-generated memes are changing the 2024 election
Last week, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social an artificial intelligence-generated image of Taylor Swift in an Uncle Sam outfit, falsely claiming she had endorsed him. The image is clearly fake and was accompanied by other depictions, some also apparently AI-generated, of young women in T-shirts reading “Swifties for Trump.”
Elections Officials Battle a Deluge of Disinformation
County clerks and secretaries of state are overwhelmed this year, as they stare down a “perpetual moving target” of new conspiracy theories, political pressure and threats. Certificates of Voting are among the supplies sent out to each polling place from the Cobb County Elections & Registration offices in Georgia.
No one’s ready for this
An explosion from the side of an old brick building. A crashed bicycle in a city intersection. A cockroach in a box of takeout. It took less than 10 seconds to create each of these images with the Reimagine tool in the Pixel 9’s Magic Editor. They are crisp. They are in full color. They are high-fidelity. There is no suspicious background blur, no tell-tale sixth finger. These photographs are extraordinarily convincing, and they are all extremely fucking fake.
This system can sort real pictures from AI fakes — why aren’t platforms using it?
As the US presidential election approaches, the web has been filled with photos of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris: spectacularly well-timed photos of an attempted assassination; utterly mundane photos of rally crowds; and shockingly out-of-character photos of the candidates burning flags and holding guns. Some of these things didn’t actually happen, of course.
Trump speeds AI-driven truth decay
Donald Trump's false charge that his opponent used AI to forge a photo of a crowd of supporters shows yet another dimension of AI's potential to harm democracy.
Why it matters: AI's greatest danger, many experts in the field argue, isn't that it can be used to manufacture falsehoods — but that its very existence makes it so easy to undermine the truth.
Elon Musk tweets a video with deepfake audio of Vice President Harris
Last week, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social an artificial intelligence-generated image of Taylor Swift in an Uncle Sam outfit, falsely claiming she had endorsed him. The image is clearly fake and was accompanied by other depictions, some also apparently AI-generated, of young women in T-shirts reading “Swifties for Trump.”
Deepfake PBS News video circulates of President Biden resigning
A video ricocheting across X appears to show Joe Biden cursing his critics after he announced he would not seek reelection and endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination. But a meme account fabricated the expletive-laden clip using footage from a prior address in which the US president condemned political violence after the attempted assassination of […]
Michigan congressional candidate posts deepfake of MLK Jr. endorsing him
A Michigan Republican running for Congress is facing backlash after a video using the voice of Martin Luther King Jr. to endorse him was posted. The video posted to Anthony Hudson’s TikTok last week includes a photo of the candidate for Michigan’s 8th District in Flint, along with deepfake audio from the late civil rights […]
Deepfake of U.S. Official Appears After Shift on Ukraine Attacks in Russia
A manufactured video fabricated comments by the State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller. The fabricated video of Matthew Miller, the State Department spokesman, had telltale clues of manipulation. The lip sync was off, and Mr. Miller’s shirt and tie changed color midway through.
AI and deepfakes blur reality in India elections
In November last year, Muralikrishnan Chinnadurai was watching a livestream of a Tamil-language event in the UK when he noticed something odd. A woman introduced as Duwaraka, daughter of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the Tamil Tiger militant chief, was giving a speech.
AI deepfakes threaten to upend global elections. No one can stop them.
As more than half the global population heads to the polls in 2024, AI-powered audio, images and videos are sowing confusion and clouding the political debate Divyendra Singh Jadoun’s phone is ringing off the hook. Known as the “Indian Deepfaker,” Jadoun is famous for using artificial intelligence to create Bollywood sequences....
AI deepfakes are causing chaos in elections across the world. The US isn’t ready.
AI-generated TV anchors falsely claimed that a Taiwanese presidential candidate has illegitimate children. Suspicious audio surfaced of a Slovak candidate making plans to buy votes and raise the price of beer. And a deepfake video emerged of a Bangladeshi opposition politician in a bikini — an image likely to offend voters in the Muslim-majority nation.
Robocall with a deepfake of President Biden’s voice tells voters not to vote in the New Hampshire primary
Last week, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social an artificial intelligence-generated image of Taylor Swift in an Uncle Sam outfit, falsely claiming she had endorsed him. The image is clearly fake and was accompanied by other depictions, some also apparently AI-generated, of young women in T-shirts reading “Swifties for Trump.”
Deepfake images circulate of President Trump being arrested
Last week, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social an artificial intelligence-generated image of Taylor Swift in an Uncle Sam outfit, falsely claiming she had endorsed him. The image is clearly fake and was accompanied by other depictions, some also apparently AI-generated, of young women in T-shirts reading “Swifties for Trump.”
CNN reporter calls his parents using AI voice. Watch what happens next
Can CNN correspondent Donie O'Sullivan's parents spot the difference between their son's voice and an AI version? An online tool creates convincing AI audio fakes of anyone. Here's how the technology works and what's at stake.
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