Explainer: How AI and Deepfakes Are Impacting the 2024 Election

An increasing number of voters fear the way artificial intelligence (AI) could influence the U.S. presidential election this November, a new AI & Politics survey found. There have already been several incidents this year of voters being exposed to political deepfakes. In January, a fake robocall impersonating the voice of President Joe Biden encouraged New Hampshire Democrats to skip the primary so they could “save” their vote for November.

Fact-Checking the Trump Conviction

On May 30, 2024, former President Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be convicted of a crime. Despite the conviction, Trump remains the presumptive Republican nominee in this November’s election and has propelled false claims and misleading narratives that frame the case as a political attack.

Explainer: The Climate Policies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Since entering office, President Joe Biden has supported renewable power and jump-started the transition of American agriculture towards less carbon-intensive practices as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In comparison to Biden, Donald Trump took anti-environment initiatives by pulling out of the Paris Agreement, encouraging fossil fuel extraction on federal lands, and dismantling nearly 100 policies focused on clean energy, air, water, wildlife, and toxic chemicals, all during his single presidential term.

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