Peter Schorsch
About 337,000 Americans visited the vote.org website Tuesday night after pop sensation Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President and encouraged fans to register to vote.
That interest derived from Swift’s Instagram post announcing her endorsement just after Harris concluded her debate with former President Donald Trump. The current Vice President has been widely heralded as the debate winner, according to a data analysis from Final Round AI.
The group analyzed searches for voter registration after the presidential debate and Swift’s endorsement, as well as searches for 121 terms related to artificial intelligence and how to spot AI-generated misinformation. Swift noted in her Instagram post that her endorsement was largely issued to set the record straight on her voting intentions after Trump posted an AI-generated image falsely suggesting the singer had endorsed him.
Overall, voter registration inquiries online skyrocketed during the presidential debate, the analysis found, with searches peaking 44 minutes into the debate.
Delaware posted the highest percentage of its searches related to voter registration, followed closely by New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas and Ohio.
Notably, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina are among seven key battleground states that could determine the outcome of this year’s Presidential Election.
It’s also worth noting that Georgia landed at No. 10 among states where searches showed the most concern for AI misinformation. The state, which President Joe Biden only narrowly won in 2020, showed a 7% increase in keyword searches related to AI misinformation over the national average, an indication that Georgia residents, or at least some, are taking steps to avoid falling into the misinformation trap. Florida was just above Georgia, at No. 9.
Massachusetts, New York and California were in the top three spots, all posting at least 40% more searches related to AI misinformation than the national average. It’s worth noting that all three states are heavily Democratic. In fact, only one state in the Top 10 — Florida — voted for Trump in the 2020 election. All others went for Biden.
Looking further down the list, only four states that voted for Trump in 2020 landed in the Top 25, while only three states that voted for Biden were in the bottom 25.
“While AI serves much good, bad actors in the political space use the power of AI to generate masses of misinformation to further their own goals. One noteworthy way of doing this is with AI-generated impersonations of celebrities saying or doing things they did not do in real life,” Final Round AI CEO Michael Guan said.
“Taylor Swift is possibly the most high-profile example of this, such as when the Trump campaign published images that may have been generated with AI of her falsely endorsing him for President. Swift cited these concerns about AI in her endorsement of Kamala Harris for President in the wake of Tuesday’s presidential debate, in which she urged her followers to register to vote in November’s elections.”
14 comments
Alexa is Biased
September 12, 2024 at 12:16 pm
Zombies.
Leon Musk
September 12, 2024 at 12:31 pm
Yep. Republicans hate it when people register to vote.
Alexa is Biased
September 12, 2024 at 12:38 pm
Didn’t say that. 😜
rick whitaker
September 14, 2024 at 10:25 pm
MAGA MARK, don’t have to say it, everyone knows. maga cheats every chance they get. EVERYONE knows that. who are you trying to fool fool.?
PeterH
September 12, 2024 at 1:03 pm
……but MAGA isn’t a cult of personality…..right?
Linwood Wright
September 13, 2024 at 9:43 am
It’s ok. You still have Ted Nugent.
Henry Lerner
September 13, 2024 at 10:12 am
Sure they are. Now just go back to doing whatever Fox News and AM Talk Radio tell you to do, and believing everything they tell you to believe. 🤡
ScienceBLVR
September 12, 2024 at 1:04 pm
280+ million followers? Now that’s a huuuuge crowd size! Go TayTay go..
Michael K
September 13, 2024 at 10:10 am
So far, nearly 800,000 people have cheked out voter info from Taylor Swift’s posting.
Yrral
September 12, 2024 at 1:10 pm
When is the wake for MAGA ,and who will be presiding over their political demise
Michael K
September 12, 2024 at 2:20 pm
Since voter registration drives are now essentially outlawed in the “free” state of Florida and in other Republican- led states, this is an excellent way to energize young voters.
ELVIS PITTS AMERICAN
September 12, 2024 at 7:48 pm
Good evening Sage Patriots,
Since Tay Tay used to be me side chick I, ELVIS PITTS AMERICAN, am working on an “October Supprise” where Tay Tay dramatically throws her support to The Sage Donald Trump and “We Will All Live Happily Ever After”
The above “Golden Nuggs” of “Sage Wisdom” have been brought to you by “Tay Tay & ELVIS PITTS AMERICAN,
Thank you America,
You are free to Relax Your Political Sphincters from this point forward,
ELVIS PITTS AMERICAN
ELVIS PITTS AMERICAN
September 12, 2024 at 8:18 pm
America, FYI:
I, ELVIS PITTS AMERICAN, am working side by side with Tay Tay, on the arraingements of both The Stars Spangled Banner AND America The Beautiful which our Beloved Tay Tay will proudly sing at Donald J. TRUMP’s Inaguration.
So if you would just kind of keep this “SAGE INFORMATION” under your hats for now so as to keep “The Dook 4 Brains Leftys” under control and not crying 24/7 prior to the “OFFICAL” Election Results announced on “ELECTION EVE” I, ELVIS PITTS AMERICAN, would really appriciate your discretion. At this time lets just keep this “Our Little Secret amoungst all my “BESTY F. P. Readership.
Thank you America,
ELVIS PITTS AMERICAN [FKA EARL]
*FREE BUMPER STICKER*
*VOTING TRUMP WITH TAY TAY*
rick whitaker
September 14, 2024 at 10:08 pm
EARL SHITTS, keep taylor swift’s name out of your sphincter stained mouth.
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