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Incident #681·Misinformation

Never Back Down Super PAC for Ron DeSantis Uses AI Donald Trump Voice in Attack Ad Against Kim Reynolds

July 17, 20231 reportsView on AIID

Description

A pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC released an ad featuring an AI-generated voice of Donald Trump. The ad, created by Never Back Down, aimed to criticize Trump’s treatment of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. The AI-generated voice was confirmed to be based on Trump's post from his social media. This incident is an example of potential deception in political advertising through AI-generated content.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

ron-desantis's-presidential-campaign
never-back-down

Alleged Developers

never-back-down

Harmed Parties

kim-reynolds
donald-trump

Classification

Risk Domain

Misinformation

Risk Subdomain

3.1. False or misleading information

MIT Risk Profile

HumanIntentionalPost-deployment

Source

Databaseaiid

LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0

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Source Reports(1 total)

DeSantis PAC uses AI-generated Trump voice in ad attacking ex-president

politico.com· Jul 2023

AI Incident Database (AIID), MIT AI Risk Initiative. Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID), MIT AI Risk Initiative. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Feb 2024