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How AI-generated memes are changing the 2024 election

How AI-generated memes are changing the 2024 election toggle caption @TRUMP_ARMY/screenshot by NPR Last week, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social an artificial intelligence-generated image of Taylor Swift in an Uncle Sam outfit, falsely claiming she had endorsed him. The image is clearly fake and was accompanied by other depictions, some also apparently AI-generated, of young women in T-shirts reading “Swifties for Trump.” In fact, Swift has not endorsed any candidate for president this year, and she endorsed Joe Biden over Trump in 2020. “One thing AI in particular is good at doing is taking ideas or claims being made in text and turning them into metaphorical representations,” said Brendan Nyhan, a political science professor at Dartmouth College. AI-generated material could inflame tensions Nyhan says while this type of AI content is unlikely to win over people who aren’t already aligned with Trump, it may inflame or even mobilize those who already hold the most extreme views.

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