Lesson 141 · 2 min
Elections and AI misinformation
Around any vote or big public event, expect fake audio, videos and posts made with AI, and check them before you believe or share.
In several countries, fake robocalls in a politician's voice, edited videos and floods of bot accounts have appeared before elections. AI makes this cheaper and faster.
The most damaging fakes often come right before voting day, when there is little time to correct them. Others aim to make people distrust everything, so that even real recordings can be dismissed as fake.
Look for the original source, check trusted news outlets and official election bodies, and be careful with audio clips, which are easier to fake than video.
The same habits apply to any public event: disasters, health scares, big court cases. Calm checking stops a fake from using you to spread.
Do it now
Build your trusted list
- 1. Write down three news sources you trust and one official government site.
- 2. Bookmark them on your phone.
- 3. Next time a shocking political clip arrives, check those first.
Quick check
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Next →AI-generated reviewsWords from this lesson
- Deepfake
- A fake video, photo or audio clip made with AI to show a real person saying or doing something they never did.
- Voice cloning
- Using AI to copy someone's voice from a short recording so it can say anything. Common in phone scams.
- Generative AI
- AI that produces new text, images, audio, video or code, rather than only sorting or scoring existing things.