US voters lying politicians become the top concern, overshadowing AI misinformation as the election season approaches.
As a bitterly contested US election campaign enters its final stretch, misinformation researchers have raised the alarm over threats posed by AI and foreign influence -- but voters appear more concerned about falsehoods from a more familiar source: politicians.
"I think when we do a post-mortem on 2024 the most viral misinformation will have either emanated from politicians or will have been amplified by politicians," Joshua Tucker, co-director of the New York University Center for Social Media and Politics, told AFP. "In past elections, there was always fear of misinformation and election interference coming from abroad. But here we see the most likely source of concern is America's own politicians spreading misinformation."
Voters saw that play out in August when Republican nominee Donald Trump falsely accused his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, of using AI technology to manipulate a Michigan campaign rally photo to project a larger crowd size. "Politicians know this, so they now have the option to try to disavow true things as having been produced by AI," he added.In the months leading up to the election, AFP's fact-checkers have consistently debunked a litany of false claims by the presidential and vice-presidential candidates on both sides of the political aisle.
Republicans are nearly as worried as Democrats and independents about politicians spreading misinformation, according to the survey.
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