David Levine and Louis Savoia in the Fulcrum: Slovakia’s election deepfakes show how AI could be a danger to US elections

In the days leading up to Slovakia’s highly contested parliamentary election, deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence spread across social media. In one posted by the far-right Republika party, Progressive Slovakia leader Michal Šimečka apparently “announced” plans to raise the price of beer if elected. In a second, more worrisome fake audio recording, Šimečka “discussed” how his party will rig the election, including by buying votes from the country’s Roma minority.