Fake images made to show Trump with Black supporters highlight concerns around AI and elections

Fake images made to show Trump with Black supporters highlight concerns around AI and elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, images circulating online showing former President Donald Trump surrounded by groups of Black people smiling and laughing seem nothing out of the ordinary, but a look closer is telling. Odd lighting and too-perfect details provide clues to the fact they were all generated using artificial intelligence. The photos, which …

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Kansas consider regulating AI in campaigns; it’s already being used

Kansas consider regulating AI in campaigns; it’s already being used

A bill that would have prohibited deceptive artificial intelligence-generated campaign advertisements didn’t pass by the turnaround deadline in the Kansas House, but the rapidly evolving technology is already in use in campaigns in several different ways. Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth, introduced House Bill 2559, along with House Minority Leader Vic Miller, D-Topeka. The bill wouldn’t ban …

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Bipartisan congressional group aims to regulate AI

Bipartisan congressional group aims to regulate AI

With the 2024 election cycle in full swing, a bipartisan House task force was announced Saturday that could tackle the emerging challenges of artificial intelligence and its potentially destructive impact on a wide range of issues. But its focus won’t be on the 2024 election. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and House Minority Leader …

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Trump Breaks Silence On Hand Markings After Syphilis Speculation

Trump Breaks Silence On Hand Markings After Syphilis Speculation

Updated Jan 31, 2024, 06:28pm EST Topline Former President Donald Trump spoke out Wednesday following wild online speculation earlier this month—including of a sexually transmitted disease being the potential cause—after the 2024 GOP frontrunner was photographed with mysterious red markings on his right hand, suggesting in comments Wednesday that the spots could be the result …

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Misinformation may get worse in 2024 election as safeguards erode

Misinformation may get worse in 2024 election as safeguards erode

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent on social media and cable news: suitcases filled with ballots, late-night ballot dumps, dead people voting. Experts warn it will likely be worse in the coming presidential election contest. The …

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