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

https://mins.news/en/video/83398

- France 24 English, 2026-10-02 11:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRT0mx0bhWs

> With Brazil’s presidential election first round only two days away, AI has become central to the campaign. A deepfake avatar of former president Jair Bolsonaro supports his son’s candidacy, while an AI-generated working-class woman criticises President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil’s intelligence agency says disinformation will be a major election challenge.

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