Republican AI Ad Depicts Dystopian Future After Biden Reelection Announcement
April 25, 2023
In response to Joe Biden's announcement that he will run again for office in 2024, the Republican National Committee (RNC) released an attack ad featuring AI-generated images that depict a dystopian vision of the U.S. Even though a small disclaimer was included, the images in the ad, which include scenes of AI-generated crises and conflict, harms information and electoral integrity.
- Alleged deployer
- republican-national-committee-(rnc)
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-creator
- Alleged harmed parties
- joe-biden, democratic-party, democracy, election-integrity, information-integrity
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