The wide-spread worries about AI disrupting this years U.S presidential race turned out over-blown. Despite fears of high-tech deception through AI-generated content the actual impact stayed minimal
The counter-measures worked well: U.S security agencies spotted and exposed several AI-made videos (most of them traced back to Russia) Intelligence teams showed quick response-time in fact-checking suspicious content. Tech-journalist Brian Merchant pointed out on X platform that most AI-generated political content looked really basic and un-professional; its quality was far from threatening.
Early predictions from 01/2024 painted a different picture - experts worried about AI-powered fake content affecting many national elections happening before the U.S vote. Multiple countries faced similar concerns: the mix of new tech and political messaging created world-wide un-ease
What seemed like a major tech-driven threat to democracy ended up being mostly amateur-hour content creation
The real-world test of AI in politics showed less dramatic results than expected. Most attempts at using artificial intelligence for political goals proved in-effective: the content was easy to spot poor quality and got de-bunked fast