Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: As AI images become common, the threat to elections draws alarm: ‘How will voters know what’s true?’

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Deepfakes and misinformation driven by artificial intelligence have become a point of deep concern for legislators, advocates and the public</p><p>An image of College Park, Georgia mayor Bianca Motley Broom kissing a man – who was not her husband – in a bar spread far and wide on Facebook. The fact that it’s fake is spreading faster, now, but only after it had been seen by thousands of people.</p><p>“I think this is a sad commentary about where we are in our democracy, and where we are in our political discourse,” Motley Broom said. “It also seeks to reinforce really tired stereotypes about women in leadership.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/30/ai-deepfakes-politicans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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