AI images abound this election cycle. Here’s how you can tell fact from fiction

Casey Fiesler, associate professor in the Department of Information Science at CU Boulder, sees the rise of AI in politics as a worrying trend. This month, for example, NPR reporter Huo Jingnan tested out Grok, a new AI platform launched by the social media company X. She was able to use the platform to create surprisingly realistic security camera images of people stuffing envelopes into ballot drop boxes in the dead of night.