Jair Bolsonaro’s AI Clone Is Already Causing Trouble in Brazil’s Election
Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been in political exile since September, after he was convicted of plotting a military coup against the government. “As everyone here knows, I am imprisoned and silenced by an unjust and arbitrary decision based on something I never did,” the Bolsonaro deepfake said in a copy of the video posted to YouTube. “But I guarantee, no prison will silence the feeling of hope we have awakened.” The deepfake then implored the crowd to vote for the younger Bolsonaro—“flesh of my flesh”—in the upcoming Brazilian presidential election, which is scheduled for October 4th.
- ▪Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been in political exile since September, after he was convicted of plotting a military coup against the government.
- ▪“As everyone here knows, I am imprisoned and silenced by an unjust and arbitrary decision based on something I never did,” the Bolsonaro deepfake said in a copy of the video posted to YouTube.
- ▪“But I guarantee, no prison will silence the feeling of hope we have awakened.” The deepfake then implored the crowd to vote for the younger Bolsonaro—“flesh of my flesh”—in the upcoming Brazilian presidential election, which is scheduled f
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Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been in political exile since September, after he was convicted of plotting a military coup against the government. But thanks to the use of AI, the voice of the 71-year-old right-wing populist and former army captain is once again being heard by the masses.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000792963","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"artificial-intelligence","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"artificial-intelligence","TAGS":"ai,brazil,deepfakes,politics","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); On Saturday, a giant, AI-generated video recreation of…
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