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AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving

AI political videos mainly serve as memes and income sources, with less than one-third properly labeled, spreading quickly on major US social media platforms, researchers found.

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Zohran Mamdani as a creepy trick-or-treater, Gavin Newsom body-slamming Donald Trump and Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero. This is not the setup to an elaborate joke. Instead, these are all examples of recent AI-generated political videos. New easy-to-use tools—and acceptance of those tools by politicians—means that these fake videos are quickly becoming commonplace in American politics.

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AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving

Don’t discount the threat of AI political videos fooling people, but for now, they’re mostly about bolstering group identity and cashing in on viral content.

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The Conversation broke the news in on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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