The pro-bitcoin presidential candidate (BTC) Ron DeSantis has been criticized for using artificial intelligence-generated images in an ad campaign to smear his rival and former President Donald Trump..
This comes amid a rise in AI-generated deepfakes being used in ads. and political movements in recent months.
On June 5, the DeSantis campaign tweeted a video purporting to show Trump’s support for Anthony Fauci.Trump’s top medical adviser when he was president of the United States.
Fauci is a controversial figure in GOP circles for, among other reasons, his handling of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.which many considered heavy-handed.
Donald Trump became a household name by FIRING countless people *on television*
But when it came to Fauci… pic.twitter.com/7Lxwf75NQm
— DeSantis War Room (@DeSantisWarRoom) June 5, 2023
Donald Trump became famous for FIRING countless people *on TV*. But when it came to Fauci… pic.twitter.com/7Lxwf75NQm
The video shows a collage of real footage featuring Trump and Fauci mixed with what appears to be AI-generated footage. of both hugging; in some, Trump appears to kiss Fauci.
The function Community Notes from Twitter – the platform’s community disinformation project – added a warning to the tweet, saying it contained “AI-generated images.”.
AFP Fact Check, a department of the Agence France-Presse news agency, said that the images had “the hallmarks of AI-generated images”.
DeSantis and Trump are facing off to win the Republican nomination for president. DeSantis launched his candidacy last month on a Twitter space, vowing to “protect” bitcoin.. The surveys Current positions put him behind Trump.
AI in the political sphere
Other politicians have used AI-generated means to attack their rivalsand the Trump campaign is even guilty of using AI to smear DeSantis.
Shortly after DeSantis announced his presidential candidacy, Trump public A video mocking DeSantis’ Twitter announcementusing deepfake-generated audio to create a fake Twitter space depicting DeSantis, Elon Musk, George Soros, Adolf Hitler, Satan and Trump.
In April, the Republican Party launched a advertisement with his predictions of what a second term for President Joe Biden would look likewhich was packed with AI-generated images depicting a dystopian future.
In May, the opposition New Zealand National Party used generated images to attack the ruling Labor Party in various social posts..
An image sample to Polynesian hospital staff, other several masked men robbing a jewelry store and a third to a woman in a house at night. All were generated with AI tools.
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