AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving

By: Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 11, 2025

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Last Updated: 1 month ago

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By Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University

Zohran Mamdani as a creepy trick-or-treater, Gavin Newsom body-slamming Donald Trump and Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero. This is not the setup to an elaborate joke. Instead, these are all examples of recent AI-generated political videos. New easy-to-use tools – and acceptance of those tools by politicians – means that these fake videos are quickly becoming commonplace in American politics.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about many …

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