Scientists Asked AI to Impersonate 112 Public Figures. What Happened Next Is a 'Dire' Warning

The unsettling part is not that AI can mimic a politician, everyone assumed that was possible, it is that people preferred the fake to the original. That flips the usual deepfake fear on its head, the danger is not detection failure, it is that synthetic content can simply be judged better than reality. Anyone thinking about AI and elections should treat this as evidence that media literacy campaigns focused on spotting fakes may be fighting the wrong battle.