Episode description
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 — including pornographic images and video — 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.
Mentioned this week:
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
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