Incident 650: AI-Generated Images of Trump with Black Voters Spread as Disinformation Before U.S. Primary Elections

Description: In the run-up to the U.S. primary elections, supporters of Donald Trump shared AI-generated images showing him with Black voters in an attempt to sway African-American votes. These deepfakes, including Trump's distorted hand visuals, were initially created by satirical accounts but were later misappropriated for political disinformation, misleading millions on social media platforms.

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Alleged: Various social media accounts and Trump supporters developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Public discourse integrity , General public , Democracy and African-American voters.

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650

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2024-03-04

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Daniel Atherton

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AI images of Donald Trump with black voters spread before election

thetimes.co.uk

thetimes.co.uk · 2024

Donald Trump supporters have been sharing AI-generated images of the Republican frontrunner posing with black voters.

In an apparent effort to encourage African-Americans to vote for Trump, dozens of deepfakes have been circulated portrayin…

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