Microsoft analysts declared that it was posted by an account suspected of a Chinese influence operation. The analyst warned that “this relatively high-quality visual content has already drawn higher levels of engagement from authentic social media users.”
Moreover, the new images are believed to be more eye-catching, and real US voters are reposting them even if they have “common indicators of AI generation.” If you’re wondering what kind of indicators that could be, well, we’re talking about more than five fingers on a hand. More than that, it’s much harder to tell now that these accounts aren’t real.
Now, we deal with more sophisticated accounts operated by real people who employ fictitious or even stolen identities. We can easily say that they reached a whole other level. Of course, there are telltale signs. For instance, many of these operatives would start posting in Mandarin and then switch to another language, as the threat center explained.
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Do what I do, stay away from all political news and then just vote for the Republican of your choice but vote. Ha ha ha. An old line from a 1960 JFK First Family comedy album that said “Vote for the Kennedy of your choice but vote. “