Purported Republican AI Ad Reportedly Depicts Dystopian Future After Biden Reelection Announcement
April 25, 2023
After Joe Biden announced his 2024 reelection bid, the Republican National Committee reportedly released an attack ad that included purportedly AI-generated images portraying a dystopian future for the United States. Even with a brief disclaimer, the ad's fabricated scenes purportedly introduced false information into the political environment and created a misleading visual frame around an active electoral process.
- Alleged deployer
- republican-national-committee-(rnc)
- Alleged developer
- unknown-ai-image-generator-developer, unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- joe-biden, democratic-party, democracy, truth, electoral-integrity, epistemic-integrity, general-public, general-public-of-the-united-states
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/694
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