AI-generated images spreading throughout election season [Video]

MARYLAND — They say don’t believe everything you see on the internet. That phrase has never been more true, but it’s also never been more difficult to determine what’s real and what’s fake. And as artificial intelligence becomes more intelligent –

“I think it’s gonna get worse and worse – in terms of, the technology is gonna make it harder for us to visually check if something is true or not. On the flip side, we’re gonna be increasingly trained into maybe not sharing those things,” University of Maryland professor of media and democracy Daniel Trielli told WMAR-2 News in a recent interview.

But right now, deep-fakes and AI-generated images are shared wildly. And this election season, bad actors are seizing on the opportunity to either influence voters, or simply to generate clicks and money.

Some images are intentionally designed to deceive people. Other images are simply meant to evoke …