The AI Porn Episode

A few months ago, everyone seemed worried about how AI would impact the 2024 election. Lately, it seems like some of the panic has dissipated, but political deepfakes — including pornographic images and video —  are still everywhere. Today on the show, WIRED reporters Vittoria Elliott and Will Knight on what has changed with AI and what we should worry about. Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Vittoria Elliott is @telliotter. Will Knight is @willknight to us at [email protected]. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here. Mentioned this week: OpenAI Is Testing Its Powers of Persuasion by Will Knight AI-Fakes Detection Is Failing Voters in the Global South by Vittoria Elliott 2024 Is the Year of the Generative AI Election by Vittoria Elliott