A candidate in last week’s Toronto mayoral election released a set of campaign promises illustrated by artificial intelligence, including fake images of people camped out on a downtown street and a fabricated image of tents set up in a park.
In New Zealand, a political party posted on Instagram images of fake robbers rampaging through a jewelry shop.
In Chicago, the runner-up in the mayoral vote in April said a Twitter account masquerading as a news outlet had used A.I. to clone his voice in a way that suggested he condoned police brutality.
What began a few months ago as promotional images composed by A.I. for political campaigns has turned into a steady stream of campaign materials created by the technology, rewriting the political playbook for democratic elections around the world.
