One Nation’s AI video is vile and tired – but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn’t stop there
TL;DR
The inflammatory clip shows the wild west of online politicking created by unrestricted access to AI – and why watchdogs need more powers to do something about it Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast One Nation’s new AI-generated campaign video is a new low – even for them. The video – reportedly played at the party’s Victorian campaign launch over the weekend – is an AI-generated collection of racist tropes, depicting a man who appears to be African brandishing a machete, an apparently Middle Eastern man with an explosive vest, a South Asian man in a turban talking about “mass migration” and an Indigenous elder talking about people receiving “money … on the basis of need, not identity”.
Nauti's Take
Small teams should start with the provenance chain: who generated the footage, which models and prompts were involved, and whether the reported screening can be independently verified. The story currently rests on one outlet’s account, so treat it as a warning signal.
Drawing conclusions about electoral rules requires the original clip or a response from the party.
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