Artificial intelligence in US campaign: Trump posts fake Taylor Swift endorsement
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00:00Whilst the Democratic National Convention is in full swing, Republican candidate Donald
00:05Trump is spending the week in battleground states to drum up support for his campaign.
00:10And amidst comments about the economy and immigration, he's taking every opportunity
00:14to slam his opponent Kamala Harris. In particular, accuse her of communism.
00:19We don't need lectures on the economy from a candidate pushing communist price controls.
00:24Kamala has no idea what the hell she's doing. Her father is a Marxist professor and I believe
00:32he taught her well.
00:34In recent days, the 78-year-old former president has resorted to a litany of name-calling and
00:39personal attacks on Vice President Harris, including slamming her intelligence, appearance
00:44and even the way she laughs.
00:46Have you heard her laugh? That is the laugh of a crazy person. That is the laugh of a
00:53lunatic.
00:55He's also been sharing a slew of fake AI-generated images online to back up his line of attack,
01:01including this image of Harris addressing a communist rally in Chicago.
01:06He also shared these doctored AI images on his social media platform Truth Social, suggesting
01:11Taylor Swift had endorsed his campaign, likely in an effort to benefit from the pop icon's
01:17star power and loyal fanbase.
01:20Swift has not yet endorsed any candidates, but has previously slammed Trump's policies.
01:25Trump himself earlier this month accused Harris of using AI to falsely depict massive crowds
01:30at her rallies.
01:32The Harris campaign has seen an uptick in enthusiasm since President Biden stepped aside
01:37as the Democratic nominee, with Harris leading in the polls 46.7% to Trump's 43.8%, according
01:45to the national polling average by FiveThirtyEight.