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A generative AI deepfake showing Hillary Clinton endorsing Ron DeSantis highlights emerging “botshit”—fabricated political content designed to mislead voters. Experts warn unchecked AI-generated disinformation could reshape elections and undermine democracies, urging urgent measures to verify authenticity before such deepfakes distort political realities.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly describes generative AI systems creating fabricated political content (e.g., a deepfake video of Hillary Clinton endorsing a political opponent) that misleads voters and distorts political realities. This misinformation can influence election outcomes and harm democratic processes, which constitutes harm to communities. The AI systems' outputs have already caused such harms, not just potential ones. Hence, this is an AI Incident due to realized harm from AI-generated misinformation affecting political discourse and voter decision-making.[AI generated]
