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.

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