Welcome to the AI election where your eyes lie to you

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Publish Date:
September 9, 2026
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Axios
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What they’re saying: “I think that it is true that Americans are losing faith in elite institutions to tell them what is true and what is not, and AI exacerbates that trend,” Nate Persily, co-director of the Stanford Law AI Initiative, tells Axios.

  • “The more artificial media that we consume, the less likely that people will be able to discern what is true from what is false, and also the less that they might care. And that’s an important caveat.”
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