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Racist AI fakes are now a business — and a political tool

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One video shows multiple Black women screaming and pounding on a door with the caption "store under attack." Another captures distraught Walmart employees of color being loaded into an ICE van.

Why it matters: These AI-generated viral videos aren't just perpetuating racism — they're influencing political discourse.

The big picture: Creating a fake AI-generated video is easy. Come up with a prompt of what you want to see (it can even include typos) and apps like OpenAI's Sora and Google's VEO 3 can easily spit one out.

What they're saying: "It's more of the outrage farming that we've always seen," Rianna Walcott, associate director at the Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab told Axios.

Case in point: Several fake viral videos of Black women talking about abusing their SNAP benefits during the government shutdown caused users to celebrate the pain families felt from losing those dollars.

Reality check: Most SNAP recipients are predominantly non-Hispanic white people.

Zoom in: "Even if somebody knows that an image is false, it still goes into their psyche," Michael Huggins, of the racial justice organization Color of Change, told Axios in a phone interview.

The other side: Companies have taken some precautions to prohibit racism and reduce misinformation on their platforms.

The bottom line: It's easy to think these videos are just fun and games, but that's exactly what it makes it so "harmful," organizational psychologist Janice Gassam Asare told Axios.

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