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POLITICS● ELEVATED4h ago · Oct 2, 2026, 11:34 AM

What's real and what's fake? How AI is impacting Brazil's election race

France 24 [en] · south america

With just two days to go before the first round of Brazil's presidential election, artificial intelligence is taking centre stage, whether it's a deepfake avatar of former president Jair Bolsonaro to support his son's candidacy, or an AI-generated working-class female voter criticising President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. According to the Brazilian intelligence agency, disinformation will be one of the main challenges of this election. Our correspondents report.

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