Real v fake: how the Harris-Trump debate laid out different takes on AI

One candidate revels in AI-generated images of cats and geese, while the other posts real photos of her grandparents

In their first, and likely only debate, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump argued about artificial intelligence. They spoke of China, chips and domestic innovation". The country learned how Harris, Trump and their allies would - or intentionally wouldn't - use artificial intelligence for their own ends.

But the real lessons were in the aftermath. The online furor over the IRL confrontation revealed that Republicans use AI to illustrate their political points. Democrats do not.