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Victoria's major parties clash over AI deepfake election ads
Original: 🤖 Scare campaigns: Victoria’s major parties trade blows over AI-generated videos of leaders in election ads Transparency
Australia's Victoria state election campaign has been marked by accusations between the major parties over AI-generated videos depicting political leaders in attack ads. Transparency and advertising experts warn that such deepfakes and fabricated campaign material risk further eroding public trust in politics, amid growing concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in election advertising.
Why now: AI-generated deepfakes appearing in political campaign ads raise fresh concerns about misinformation and trust in elections.
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- 🤖 Scare campaigns: Victoria’s major parties trade blows over AI-generated videos of leaders in election ads Transparency and advertising experts say trust in politics could be further eroded as a result of ‘lies, deepfakes and AI-generated politicians’Get our daily political… · feed@igeek.gamer-geek-news.com
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