Deepfake politicians may have a big influence on India's elections

Artificial intelligence is enabling India’s politicians to be everywhere at once in the world’s largest election by cloning their voices and digital likenesses. Even dead public figures, such as politician and actress Jayaram Jayalalithaa, are getting digitally resurrected to canvass support in what is shaping up to be the biggest test yet of democratic elections in the age of AI-generated deepfakes. India’s nearly 970 million eligible voters started going to the polls on 19 April in a multi-phase process lasting …