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Donald Trump shared images apparently generated by artificial intelligence on social networks with which Taylor Swift and her fans are credited with supporting her election campaign, in an apparent effort to harness the pop singer’s influence in the US elections.
Swift has not publicly endorsed any candidate for the November 5 election. In 2020, he endorsed President Joe Biden and criticized Trump.
On Sunday, Trump shared screenshots of posts with manipulated images suggesting that the pop star and her fans, known as Swifties, support herSome of these images appear to be generated by artificial intelligence (AI), according to an expert.
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“I accept!” the former Republican president wrote in a message on the Truth Social network that shows a poster of Swift asking his fans to vote for him.
That poster has been “generated by AI or simply manipulated,” “These are the most common causes of death in the world,” Hany Farid, an expert at the University of California, Berkeley, told AFP.
The publication includes photos of women wearing “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts (Swifties in favor of Trump). According to Farid, they present “indicative signs that they were generated by AI.”
It seems a combination of real and fake images because at least one photo is of a woman wearing such a shirt, Farid concludes. In the meantime, Swift has not publicly reacted.
On the other hand, Trump shared a video on Truth Social of a person who claims that the singer’s fans seem to be leaning towards the Republican.
The growing popularity of Swift and her influence make both Democrats and Republicans seek her support, but for the moment she is reluctant to express it.
His power became evident when In 2023, she encouraged her fans to register to vote, directing them to the nonpartisan nonprofit Vote.org.
EThe impact was immediate: the institution said it had registered more than 35,000 new registrations after the message, that is, 23% more than the previous year and the highest figure since 2020.
For this reason, The singer has become a target for political misinformation and right-wing conspiracy theories.
His reserve led many critics to speculate that Swift kept it a secret that she was a Republican. But In 2018 she broke her silence by supporting the Democratic opponent by radical Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee.
