Racist AI Content: Swaying Political Opinions
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The Rise of AI-Generated Disinformation
One video shows multiple Black women screaming and pounding on a door with the caption “store under attack.” Another captures distraught Walmart employees of color being loaded into an ICE van.
Why it matters: These AI-generated viral videos aren’t just perpetuating racism – they’re influencing political discourse.
The Big Picture: Easy Creation, Growing Sophistication
Creating a fake AI-generated video is easy. Come up with a prompt of what you want to see (it can even include typos) and apps like OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s VEO 3 can easily spit one out.
- It used to be easy to spot fake AI content – think about the hands with 7 fingers and the like – but the technology is getting increasingly better.
- The trend replicates digital blackface wich is the practice of a non-black person creating a Black or brown character online for social currency such as likes and reposts or malicious disinformation campaigns.
- And as TikTok and other social media platforms now allow users to generate revenue based on interactions, the trend is likely to get worse.