“I agree,” Trump wrote on his own social media platform, Truth Social. Below the text are a series of images, some of which appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence.

One of the photos shows Taylor Swift, who looks like the famous Uncle Sam poster. But with the text “Taylor wants you to vote for Donald Trump.”

Other photos show young women wearing T-shirts that read “Swifties for Trump.”

AI image of Taylor Swift that I didn’t take myself

Trump did not create the images himself. The original images were shared by a user on

Four years ago, Taylor Swift supported current President Joe Biden during his election campaign. Furthermore, she has in the past More important About Trump. She has not yet expressed support for either candidate during the campaign ahead of the presidential election scheduled for later this year.

Trump wants attention

Sharing AI images is a way for the Trump campaign to create buzz, says US expert and political scientist Raymond Means.

“It’s been about Kamala Harris for weeks. Trump wants people to talk about him again. He wants to get attention again. It’s a smart strategy.”

“creating misleading information”

American Consumer Organization Public Citizen It is mentioned Swift’s images are “another example of how AI can create misinformation.”

The organization tells Reuters that it fears the consequences if misinformation is used in the elections. According to them, this could be very harmful.

On X, Trump also shared a photo this weekend that appears to show Democratic nominee Kamala Harris addressing a crowd in Chicago, a reference to the annual Democratic National Convention. The hammer and sickle are clearly visible: two well-known symbols of the old Soviet Union.

“It’s clearly made by AI.”

Is it harmful? “It’s clear that AI did this,” says Human. “But lies are not good for democracy. If people believe that something false actually happened, that can be harmful.”

It’s not just Trump’s use of AI that’s coming under fire in the US. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’s campaign team is also under scrutiny. Her team has been tweaking headlines from news outlets and placing them as Google ads. One radio station is even considering putting together a campaign team. In front of the judge To withdraw.

Mines stresses that using AI images is primarily a quick and cheap way to see if this line of attack will work. “You could have hired a cartoonist, too. But with AI, it can simply be made faster and cheaper.”