‘A lack of trust’: How deepfakes and AI could rattle the US elections

Analysts warn artificial intelligence has made sharing false information easier and faster [David Goldman/AP Photo]

On January 21, Patricia Gingrich was about to sit down for dinner when her landline phone rang. The New Hampshire voter picked up and heard a voice telling her not to vote in the upcoming presidential primary.

“As I listened to it, I thought, gosh, that sounds like Joe Biden,” Gingrich told Al Jazeera. “But the fact that he was saying to save your vote, don’t use it in this next election — I knew Joe Biden would never say that.”