… Creators have come under fire for remaining silent on political issues for years. During the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, audiences began demanding that influencers creating content on anything from fashion to food publicly speak out and take sides on political issues. …
… This latest incident raises yet another alarm: These companies have entangled themselves with influencers embracing election denialism. …
… According to a briefing document that Build American AI provided to influencers, the organization is now seeking to “extend beyond left-leaning female lifestyle and family content creators to focus on left-leaning influencers who are political commentators, business/tech leaders, and male lifestyle… …
… One is a hard-core Democrat, while another is a rising Republican influencer, and the third only makes funny, non-political content. “In some way, TikTok did the first round of screening for us,” Wu said in an interview. …
… The same logic, however, apparently does not apply to left-wing influencer accounts, as Sam learned when he created a short-lived liberal counterpart for Emily on Instagram: “Democrats know that it’s AI slop, so they don’t engage as much.” Sam’s explanation for why MAGA influencer accounts work is … …
… Extreme content feels like political pornography, and a lot of Instagram feels to me like emotional pornography. …
… He has also taken steps to bolster his political team, which has remained largely the same since his days as a US senator, ahead of what could be a bruising midterms for Republicans as they grapple with the politically toxic fallout of the Iran war and a House GOP spending package that earmarks $1 … …
… These influencers are filling a gap in the US militia landscape, which has changed dramatically in recent years. …
… Anthropic, which first revealed this behavior, recently said that Claude is most likely influenced by fictional scenarios involving malevolent AIs included in its training data. …
… For people whose livelihoods depend on AI influence, the risk is a regulatory maze, with no clear road map to navigate it. …