{"id":236889,"date":"2026-06-25T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/how-artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-2026-election-season\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T05:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:20:14","slug":"how-artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-2026-election-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/how-artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-2026-election-season\/","title":{"rendered":"How artificial intelligence is shaping 2026 election season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/politics-issues\/2026-06-25\/how-artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-2026-election-season\">How artificial intelligence is shaping 2026 election season<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/politics-issues\/2026-06-25\/how-artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-2026-election-season\">https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/politics-issues\/2026-06-25\/how-artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-2026-election-season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-25 05:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wusf.org\">www.wusf.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Lt. Gov. Jay Collins Share of AI-Generated Video<\/strong>: Recently, Lt. Gov. Jay Collins reshared an AI-generated attack video on X, targeting gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds. The video depicts chaotic and unrealistic scenarios, suggesting a satirical criticism of Donalds&#8217; policies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Growing Presence of AI on Social Media<\/strong>: A study by Media and Journalism Research Centre found that 90% of posts on LinkedIn and Facebook are AI-generated, emphasizing the increasing prevalence of AI in social media content.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Challenge of Distinguishing Real from AI-Generated Content<\/strong>: Experts like Alex Mahadevan and Joshua Scacco argue that it has become nearly impossible to tell the difference between genuine and AI-generated videos, creating issues for public information authenticity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Concerns Over AI&#8217;s Impact on Democracy<\/strong>: Joshua Scacco highlighted that AI enhances the capability to spread disinformation more efficiently, transforming the way misinformation is created and consumed. This poses a significant risk to democracy and free speech.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Ineffectiveness of Current Florida AIlaws<\/strong>: Florida law requires AI-generated content meant to deceive voters to disclose its creation, but critics argue this doesn\u2019t tackle the tech\u2019s full capabilities, rendering the law ineffective. Experts call for stronger regulations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Public Perception on AI&#8217;s Popularity<\/strong>: According to a Pew Research Center study, half of adult Americans feel concerned rather than excited about the rising influence of AI in their daily lives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Strategies to Fact-Check AI-Generated Content<\/strong>: Revilla and Mahadevan provided tips on how to discern real content online including reverse image search, examining inconsistencies, and cross-referencing with reputable sources.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How artificial intelligence is shaping 2026 election season https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/politics-issues\/2026-06-25\/how-artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-2026-election-season Publish Date: 2026-06-25 05:10:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f10454a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1920x1008+0+0\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F66%2F9e%2F869191894352be8a3ece2dfe9a9b%2Fai-illustration.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-236889","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\/236889"}],"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=236889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236891,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236889\/revisions\/236891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}