AI-Generated Images of Trump with Black Voters Spread as Disinformation Before U.S. Primary Elections
March 4, 2024
In the run-up to the U.S. primary elections, supporters of Donald Trump shared AI-generated images showing him with Black voters in an attempt to sway African-American votes. These deepfakes, including Trump's distorted hand visuals, were initially created by satirical accounts but were later misappropriated for political disinformation, misleading millions on social media platforms.
- Alleged deployer
- various-social-media-accounts, trump-supporters
- Alleged developer
- various-social-media-accounts, trump-supporters
- Alleged harmed parties
- public-discourse-integrity, general-public, democracy, african-american-voters, black-voters
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/650
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