AI fakes plague US poll
The Citizen|September 21, 2024
DEVIOUS: TAYLOR SWIFT, LADY GAGA, MORGAN FREEMAN DID NOT BACK TRUMP

» X's AI chatbot Grok shares misinformation.

Taylor Swift did not endorse Donald Trump.

Nor did Lady Gaga or Morgan Freeman. And Bruce Springsteen was not photographed in a "Keep America Trumpless" shirt.

Fake celebrity endorsements and snubs are roiling the US presidential race.

Dozens of bogus testimonies from American actors, singers and athletes about Republican nominee Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris have proliferated on social media ahead of the November election, researchers say, many of them enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) image generators.

The fake endorsements and brushoffs, which come as platforms such as X knock down many of the guardrails against misinformation, have prompted concern over their potential to manipulate voters as the race heats up.

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