"On October 30, Newsmax - the TV network for people who think Fox News is too liberal, basically - aired an AI-generated video purportedly showing a woman raging at a supermarket cashier, threatening to walk out with her haul of groceries without paying because "they cut her food stamps." The video is fake. And it's the same one that the actual Fox presented as genuine in an article it ran to drum up outrage over the perceived abuses of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,"
"It's an alarming example of how ubiquitous AI tech is being used to deepfake our reality and spread misinformation - and a preview of its potential to be abused to attack political foes. Newsmax used the fifteen second AI clip in a recent segment called "The Cost of Free Stuff," in which news anchor Carl Higbie bashes the "entitlement" of SNAP beneficiaries - all of whom live near or below the poverty line, and many of whom are also children, elderly, or disabled."
Newsmax aired an AI-generated clip showing a woman threatening to leave a supermarket without paying because her food stamps were allegedly cut. The same clip was previously presented as genuine by Fox to inflame perceptions of SNAP abuse. SNAP provides food assistance to nearly one in eight Americans and faces funding shortfalls during a prolonged government shutdown. The segment titled "The Cost of Free Stuff" featured anchor Carl Higbie criticizing SNAP recipients as entitled and mocking their weight while the AI clip played and a chyron proclaimed "We Are Only Nation Where Poor People Are Obese." The incident shows AI deepfakes amplifying misinformation and political attacks.
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