Celebrity deepfakes have spent a month urging Americans online not to vote for Democrats. US intelligence says Russia is behind it

Celebrity deepfakes have spent a month urging Americans online not to vote for Democrats. US intelligence says Russia is behind it

The conclusions were presented in a classified report, which Senator Mark Warner and Representative Jim Himes told journalists about. Both politicians serve on their chambers’ intelligence committees.

According to the document, Moscow is using AI tools to spread disinformation and undermine trust both in individual candidates and in the elections as a whole. Politicians who support Ukraine—both Democrats and Republicans—may be targets of the attack.

AI videos in which celebrity deepfakes urge people not to vote for Democrats began appearing on social media as early as September. According to media reports, the Russian bot network Matryoshka is behind their distribution. We explain what is known about this campaign.

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Celebrity deepfakes have spent a month urging Americans online not to vote for Democrats

Russia has launched an online campaign to discredit US congressional candidates ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. Senator Mark Warner and Representative Jim Himes told Politico about this. Both represent the Democratic Party and serve on…