June 6, 2024
AI tool creates misleading Biden, tests show Trump images
Tests of a leading artificial intelligence tool allowed the creation of deceptive and incriminating images of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, a watchdog said Wednesday, despite pledges to block fake photos of the presidential candidates ahead of the November election. Disinformation researchers fear the rampant abuse of AI-powered apps in a year of major elections around the world, thanks to multiple online tools that are cheap and easy to use and lack adequate safeguards. The nonprofit Center to Combat Digital Hate (CCDH) said it tested two programs that can generate images based on text prompts — Midjourney and ChatGPT,


