NIGHTMARE: What if Joe Biden, the weakest president we’ve ever had, is re-elected? pic.twitter.com/b5HvY9GEr0
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2023
Meanwhile, the presidential campaigns of both Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump have employed the use of AI deepfake images in order to take shots at one another. No sign exists of this slowing down.
In fact, AI deepfakes may very well emerge in the 2024 general election as well. Amid these developments, social media platforms continue struggling with how to handle such uncharted territory.
AI has already created deepfake videos of politicians giving entirely made-up speeches and realistic-looking images of leaders in various phony scenarios.
Potential national security risks
Some of the greatest worries about AI deal with not just how presidential candidates may weaponize deepfakes against one another. There also exist real concerns about bad actors in foreign nations employing AI to cause problems or potentially intefere in US elections.
After all, AI can create deepfakes that are convincing enough to pursuade voters, set off certain alarm bells at the federal level, and more. As the 2024 presidential election plays out, time will tell how powerful AI turns out to be and what impacts it has on American voters.
