{"id":189152,"date":"2026-02-20T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/spotting-artificial-intelligence-ahead-of-the-2026-primary-election\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:05:14","slug":"spotting-artificial-intelligence-ahead-of-the-2026-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/spotting-artificial-intelligence-ahead-of-the-2026-primary-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotting artificial intelligence ahead of the 2026 primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2026\/02\/20\/spotting-artificial-intelligence-ahead-2026-primary-election\/\">Spotting artificial intelligence ahead of the 2026 primary election<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2026\/02\/20\/spotting-artificial-intelligence-ahead-2026-primary-election\/\">https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2026\/02\/20\/spotting-artificial-intelligence-ahead-2026-primary-election\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-20 09:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.kbtx.com\">www.kbtx.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Artificial Intelligence Deception<\/strong>: More Americans are encountering politically manipulated content online, raising questions about the authenticity of images and videos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understanding Misinformation vs. Disinformation<\/strong>: Mariano Castillo, a Texas A&amp;M University professor, emphasizes the difference between misinformation (false information shared unintentionally) and disinformation (intentionally false information meant to deceive).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Red Flags in AI Content<\/strong>: Castillo advises looking at natural human features like eyes, fingers, and lighting. Unnatural or overly glossy features may indicate AI manipulation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Critical Thinking Over Emotion<\/strong>: If a viral political video evokes strong emotions like anger, Castillo suggests pausing to cross-reference with other credible stories or news outlets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reverse Image Search<\/strong>: For verifying the authenticity of questionable content, users can utilize a reverse image search on Google to discover where else the image has appeared and if it was confirmed by reputable sources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Sense Approach<\/strong>: Ultimately, Castillo advises using common sense and looking for indicators such as labels, watermarks, or fine print that suggest AI-generated content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotting artificial intelligence ahead of the 2026 primary election https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2026\/02\/20\/spotting-artificial-intelligence-ahead-2026-primary-election\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-20 09:05:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-kbtx-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/W6YPCRUUHJGZREX4VX3JGFSJYE.png?auth=366db586937ce4cfba2cf9bf4be08261b52f66be8520efee70897d4b0ccdaa83&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-189152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189154,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189152\/revisions\/189154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}