Jair Bolsonaro’s AI Clone Is Already Causing Trouble in Brazil’s Election

An AI-generated video recreation of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was shown at the campaign launch of his son, senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who is running for president. The video may raise legal issues because Jair Bolsonaro is barred from public communication while serving his sentence under house arrest, and Brazil’s electoral court bans political deepfakes under certain conditions. Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign says the video complied with the law because it disclosed that it was AI-generated, while critics say such uses of deepfakes pose risks for election misinformation.

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