DeepfakeHigh
Manipulated Media via AI Disinformation and Deepfakes in 2024 Elections Erode Trust Across More Than 50 Countries
- Occurred
- Mar 14, 2024
- Published
- Mar 14, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
AI-driven election disinformation is escalating globally, leveraging easy-to-use generative AI tools to create convincing deepfakes that mislead voters. This shift has simplified the process for individuals to generate fake content, having already eroded trust in elections by undermining public trust and manipulating voter perceptions. Evidence has, for example, been documented in incidents across the U.S., Moldova, Slovakia, Bangladesh, and Taiwan.
Developers
- OpenAI
- Deepfake creators
Deployers
- Russian government
- Political operatives
- Political consultants
- Chinese Communist Party
Harmed parties
- Voters
- Public trust
- Political figures
- General public
- Civic society
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated deepfakes used for election disinformation across multiple countries erode democratic trust.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8