Russia is attempting to “undermine” Vice President Harris’s campaign using artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos while China has begun targeting a series of GOP congressional candidates ahead of November, according to a new report from Microsoft.
The Microsoft Threat Analysis Center, in a report published Wednesday, said Russian operatives have created AI-enhanced deepfake videos portraying Harris in an unfavorable light as the election approaches in nearly two weeks.
In one video, Harris was “accused of illegally poaching in Zambia,” while another clip falsely showed the vice president making a “crass reference” to the assassination attempts against former President Trump, the report said.
Most of these AI-generated videos do not receive a lot of engagement, though one video with disinformation about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), Harris’s running mate, received more than 5 million views on the social media platform X in the first 24 hours, according to the report.
The videos “underscore Russia’s ongoing use of both traditional and AI-generated content to influence U.S. audiences and stoke political discord,” the analysis stated.
The report follows a series of previous findings from Microsoft and other companies detecting efforts by foreign adversaries to wield........