A few months ago, everyone seemed worried about how AI would impact the 2024 election. Lately, it seems like some of the panic has dissipated, but political deepfakes \u2014 including pornographic images and video \u2014\xa0 are still everywhere. Today on the show, WIRED reporters Vittoria Elliott and Will Knight on what has changed with AI and what we should worry about.
Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Vittoria Elliott is @telliotter. Will Knight is @willknight to us at politicslab@WIRED.com. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.
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OpenAI Is Testing Its Powers of Persuasion by Will Knight
AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South by Vittoria Elliott
2024 Is the Year of the Generative AI Election by Vittoria Elliott