The realistic-looking images were likely generated by AI technology and appeared to show Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci embracing in various locations in the White House. The fake images were interspersed with real photographs of the two men together.
use of fake, artificial intelligence-generated photos of former President Donald Trump hugging and kissing AnthonyThe pictures were part of aon Twitter criticizing Trump — DeSantis’ chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination — for not firing Fauci, an infectious disease expert who was a part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Many Republicans say Fauci advised keeping businesses and schools closed unnecessarily throughout the pandemic.
The video — posted by the Twitter account that does rapid response for the DeSantis campaign — was the latest example of the use in campaign attacks of generative artificial intelligence, which can create realistic images with a few prompts and clone human voices.
said Janet Coats, director of the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology at the University of Florida. Already, an array of free or cheap voice-cloning apps are available online and relatively easy to use. Many require a short audio sample of someone speaking, which can then be used to generate audio of someone saying whatever the user would like.
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