Harder to believe your eyes

It seems we never really leave the election season. Now we are already seeing ads for the 2026 election.

But it is getting harder for voters to believe what they see. Artificial Intelligence (AI) makes it much easier to produce convincing fakes.

For example, Jon Ossoff is running for reelection as a US Senator from Georgia and his opponent has posted an AI video of him saying something he never said.

Here are a couple of news stories about this.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/2025/11/ossoff-pledges-not-to-use-deepfake-campaign-videos-while-collins-digs-in/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-video-senator-jon-002413213.html

The shutdown ends

The shutdown ends but who looks better? The Republicans stood firm on cutting health benefits for millions of Americans. Then the President added a threat to food benefits other Americans. Democrats did their best to help both groups but we will have to see if any of it worked.