Several AI-generated incidents did emerge. Up to 20,000 voters in New Hampshire received robocalls with an AI-generated voice mimicking President Biden, falsely discouraging voter participation. Former President Donald Trump circulated an AI-generated image of pop star Taylor Swift endorsing him, prompting Swift to respond on social media to correct the misinformation.
Yet, research suggests the fear-driven narrative about AI in 2024 was not backed up by evidence. The Alan Turing Institute found no significant evidence that AI altered results in elections in the UK, France, Europe, or the US Similarly, Sayash Kapoor and Arvind Narayanan of Princeton concluded, through their analysis of all 78 cases from the WIRED AI Elections Project, that the feared "wave" of AI-driven disinformation was far less extensive and impactful than anticipated. Half of the analyzed AI-generated content was non-deceptive, while deceptive content mostly reached audiences already predisposed to believe it.
- Jordi Calvet-Bademunt
