Trump posts deepfakes of Swift, Harris and Musk in election campaign effort
Presidential nominee shares AI-generated images, contributing to spread of online election disinformation
Donald Trump shared several AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans vowing their support for his presidential campaign on Sunday, reposting them with the caption I accept!" on his Truth Social platform. The deepfakes are part of a slew of images made with artificial intelligence that the former president has disseminated in recent days straddling the line between parody and outright election disinformation.
The AI-made images Trump shared over the weekend depict a series of young, smiling women in Swifties for Trump" T-shirts, as well as one that shows Swift dressed as Uncle Sam encouraging people to vote for the Republican presidential nominee. Each image is a screenshot from X, formerly known as Twitter, and was originally posted by rightwing accounts with a history of sharing misinformation. Swift has not endorsed Trump.
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