Harris' AI doctored video shared by Musk raises concerns ahead of elections
A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris saying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead with Election Day about three months away.
The video gained attention after tech billionaire Elon Musk shared it on his social media platform X on Friday evening without explicitly noting it was originally released as parody.
The video uses many of the same visuals as a real ad that Harris, the likely Democratic president nominee, released last week launching her campaign. But the video swaps out the voice-over audio with another voice that convincingly impersonates Harris.
I, Kamala Harris, am your Democrat candidate for president because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility at the debate, the voice says in the video. It claims Harris is a diversity hire because she is a woman and a person of colour, and it says she doesn't know the first thing about running the country. The video retains Harris for ...