For the first time, AI generated text, videos, images and audio have made their way into political campaigns.
In India, deepfakes of Bollywood actors endorsing political parties popped up on voter’s social media feeds.
Deepfakes Analysis Unit (DAU) lead Pamposh Raina said: “Their audio was manipulated, in some cases completely changed from what they said in the original video to make it seem they were endorsing a particular party when that was not necessarily the case.”
Meanwhile, in the United States, an AI-generated image of Kamala Harris dressed as a Soviet officer was shared widely, especially amongst Latino voters.
Managing Editor of Factchequeado Ana Marìa Carrano said: “In the case of the Hispanic community, many people from Latin America have a very different relationship with authoritarian regimes. So there is a different experience and rejection about that kind of association.”
In this episode, SBS Examines turns to India and the United States of America to see how AI generated disinformation impacted their elections.