'If You Can Keep It': AI In This Election And Beyond

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

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2024 is the first presidential election with AI in play, and currently, there are few regulations about the use of AI in politics. Last month, the Federal Election Commission decided not to impose new rules on the tech ahead of the election. That means it's fair game and it's being used as such.

In August, former president Donald Trump posted a picture of an AI generated image of Taylor Swift endorsing him. It led to a response from the pop mega star. In July, Elon Musk shared a video on X that cloned Vice President Kamala Harris' voice saying things she never said.

Beyond the memes, U.S. intelligence officials say Russia and Iran are using the technology to influence our election. OpenAI, the company behind tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E, noticed these efforts as well.

We discuss how AI will affect this election, and elections going forward.

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0:00.0	anxious.
0:02.0	This October, Shortwave is helping wrangle that fear,
0:07.0	and the trick may have to do with horror movies.
0:10.0	I feel more alive when I am in situations like this.
0:14.4	Learn the surprising science to conquering fear.
0:17.0	When you subscribe now to Shortwave, the Science Podcast from NPR. You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Jen White and I'm Todd Zwillick.
0:36.0	Every week leading up to the election we're teaming up to bring you our politics series
0:40.1	if you can keep it. In this weekly election series we leave the horse race to the
0:44.8	side and instead we're focused on the stakes of this election for people, for the
0:49.0	country, and for our democracy. Today we're focusing on a technology that promises to bring
0:54.0	radical change to many facets of our life from the arts to health care and
0:58.0	business. During the 2024 election season experts warn it could also shake up the world of politics.
1:04.0	Yes we're talking about artificial intelligence.
1:07.6	AI.
1:08.6	2024 is the first presidential election with this powerful technology in play. Now currently there are few
1:15.8	regulations about the use of AI in politics. Last month the Federal
1:19.9	Election Commission decided not to impose new rules on AI ahead of the election.
1:25.5	And that means AI is fair game and it's being used that way.
1:30.0	In August, former President Trump posted a picture of an AI-generated image of Taylor Swift endorsing him.
1:36.1	It led to Swift coming out against the image.
1:38.6	In July, Elon Musk shared a video on X that cloned Harris's voice saying things she never said.
1:43.8	But beyond the memes, US intelligence officials say Russia and Iran are using AI to influence
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