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How Political Strategists Are Planning To Use AI In 2024 Elections

January 12, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in different fields—either for good or bad. But, guess what? Even political strategists are planning to use it in 2024 elections.

Read on!

Photos From Maldives And French Polynesia Peddled As Lakshadweep

🔖 Soon after ministers in the Maldives government had criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his post on X (formerly Twitter) over his visit to Lakshadweep, several Indian government ministers and celebrities posted on X encouraging people to visit Indian tourist destinations.

This is the news part of it. There’s fake news too.

However, these images do not show Indian beaches.

All we did to debunk them was:

Scan through comments and replies on posts to look for clues.
Conduct reverse image search using different search engines like Google, TinEye.
Search for a primary source of information.

Read this fact-check to find out where these images are from.

How Political Strategists Are Planning To Use AI In 2024 Elections

🔖 As the political landscape in India evolves, there is a quiet but notable shift within political consulting and strategist firms as they are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) tools for their work.

Decode’s Hera Rizwan spoke to some of these political strategist firms who have adopted AI and look forward to reaping its benefits in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Deepfake Videos Ahead Of Bangladesh Polls Should Have Us All Concerned

🔖 Last Saturday, on the eve of the Bangladesh national elections, two separate videos emerged on Facebook showing independent candidates Abdullah Nahid Nigar and Beauty Begum announcing their withdrawal from the polls. Both the videos were, however, deepfakes - digitally manipulated using deep generative methods.

But, this concern isn’t limited to Bangladesh alone. Read Archis Chowdhury’s story.

Substack Faces Backlash And Writer Exodus Over Nazi Content Controversy

🔖 A few weeks following Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie's defense of the company's choice to permit Nazi content, the newsletter publishing platform has now agreed to remove some of the publications that endorse Nazi ideologies.

How did it all begin? Read Hera Rizwan’s explainer.

🚫 Fake News You Almost Fell For

🔍 A video of a large religious procession in Greater Noida was shared with a misleading claim that it shows a pilgrimage from Nepal's Janakpur to Ayodhya ahead of the inauguration ceremony of Ram Mandir slated for later this month. Read 🔗 Hazel Gandhi’s ↗️ fact-check.

🔍Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag shared a series of four photos, claiming that they showcased diverse beaches across India and encouraging fellow Indians to explore them and encourage domestic tourism. So, are these photos from India? Find out in 🔗 Srijit Das’ ↗️ fact-check.

🔍 A fake screenshot purporting to show Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu apologising to Indians "with folded hands" for his ministers' recent remarks on PM Narendra Modi went viral. 🔗 Hazel Gandhi ↗️ debunked the claim.

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📖 This week's recommendation is: Asking people to “do the research” on fake news stories makes them seem more believable, not less by Joshua Benton.

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