Florida is creating a "state DOGE task force" to "eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy," Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. Florida is creating a "DOGE task force" to "eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and to continue to ensure tax dollars are used in the most efficient way possible," Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. The Republican said the Sunshine State "has never been in better fiscal health," but "we always want to get better, and so we looked to see what [Elon] Musk is doing with the [Department of Government Efficiency] in Washington, D.C." "And the one thing I think that they are doing that we need to incorporate is to utilize and leverage technology like artificial intelligence to be able to police the payments and the operations and the contracts that are done in government," DeSantis continued, speaking behind a lectern with the message "Keeping Florida Efficient." "For example, we have people that review these contracts and if there is DEI, they nix it and things like that. But this is some high-powered stuff and I think would be able to provide us with some good information," he added. "We have already been doing this stuff.

Americans in the nation's capital shared their biggest concerns about artificial intelligence, citing fears about election interference and job security. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans in the nation's capital told Fox News their biggest concerns about artificial intelligence, with some saying they were afraid the rapidly advancing tech could lead to voter manipulation during the 2024 election cycle or eliminate jobs. "When things like that have too much control … the power to swing is too far," Cori, of Washington, D.C., told Fox News. "I do think that its gotten wildly out of control." AI's rapidly growing tech has consistently raised concerns about its ability to manipulate elections and eliminate jobs.

Over the past few months, many have attempted to translate the uncanniness of Gov. Ron DeSantis' smile into words. After the Republican debates, it's been called "painfully weird" and said to look "like it's on his face upside down." It resembles "a Disney World animatronic" or "an A.I. trying to learn human emotions." It even inspired The Daily Show to put out a public service announcement about "Frownington's Disease," a made-up condition that causes a person's smile to resemble a wince one would make upon "sitting on his own testicles." As nice as it is that one expression has inspired such rich verbiage and creativity--Ron DeSantis, unlikely muse!--you might find yourself longing for a more technical explanation.

Americans in Silicon Valley fear advanced artificial intelligence in campaign ads will influence and manipulate voters' decisions in the 2024 election. Americans in Silicon Valley are predicting advanced artificial intelligence could significantly influence and manipulate voters in the 2024 elections, with a potential for "disturbingly false" political advertising to push agendas. "I've seen some hilarious videos and some concerning ones where it's getting too realistic," Travis, of San Jose, said. As advanced artificial intelligence applications proliferate across industries, the rapidly evolving technology has raised concerns about its ability to manipulate elections, with some 2024 presidential campaigns already utilizing the tool. Former President Trump's presidential campaign, for example, triggered an uproar on X after using artificial intelligence to recreate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential announcement with fictional guests, including billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, World Economic Forum Chair Klaus Schwab, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Adolf Hitler, the devil and the FBI.

The next US election could see a flood of AI-generated campaigning posters after candidates in Argentina used it to promote themselves and attack their opponent. Sergio Massa and Javier Milei are battling for the presidency and are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence in hopes of one-upping the other. Massa recreated himself in several scenes where he sports military metals, surrounded by hundreds of people looking up at him in hope while pushing out a video showing Javier as a character in the film Clockwork Orange. But the far-right libertarian economist did not sit back quietly - he used AI to create Massa in the form of a Chinese communist leader. Argentina's digital posters follow those created by US officials this year, such as a video from Ron DeSantis of Florida's campaign which featured a video showing Donald Trump embracing Anthony Fauci.

On Wednesday night in Milwaukee, eight Republicans trailing Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential primary gathered for the cycle's first debate and, with a clear and united voice, denounced one man: Vivek Ramaswamy. With Trump running away with the race and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis behind him in a clear (if tenuous) second, it was somehow the 38-year-old Ramaswamy who took the most direct hits. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's was likely the most memorable: After two of Ramaswamy's high-energy, relentlessly locquacious answers, Christie described him as "a guy who sounds like ChatGPT." Former vice president Mike Pence made a glaringly condescending reference to Ramaswamy "learning on the job," to which the crowd responded with a deserved oooooh. The Super PAC that supports DeSantis called Ramaswamy a fraud on Twitter, while you can see former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's opinion of him expressed nonverbally above.

Fake AI pictures and videos will be nearly impossible to discern from real images as the technology behind deepfakes advances, University of California, Berkeley professor says. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) must consider whether it needs to set rules to prevent political campaigns from using artificial intelligence to create ads intended to deceive voters as the 2024 election cycle moves into full swing, an AI image analyst said. "The FEC will need to consider whether and how to regulate a campaign's use of manipulated media in the service of its own candidate," Hany Farid, a University of California, Berkeley professor, wrote in a recent opinion piece for The Hill. "Manipulating the photographic record is only the first step in spreading lies." Presidential campaigns have already started using artificial intelligence to deceptively manipulate their campaign ads.

An MQ-9 Reaper drone with Customs and Border Protection awaits a mission over the U.S.-Mexico border on Nov. 4, 2022 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said using drone strikes against the cartels is on the table if he is elected president.

How much does Sound of Freedom get right about child sex trafficking? On the whole, it's pretty misleading about the nature and root causes of the problem, Molly Olmstead writes. In addition to what the movie gets wrong, she explains the religious tradition it taps into and the controversies that surround the man at the film's center. Plus: What Next examines how Sound of Freedom wove QAnon conspiracy theories into box office gold. Sam Adams reviews the whole moviegoing experience.

Bluestack Strategies founder and Principal Maura Gillespie and former Manchin Communications Director Jonathan Kott discuss the 2024 presidential primaries, the growing list of Republican candidates and voter concerns over President Biden's age. The Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis camps are trading blows after the Florida governor's 2024 campaign debuted an AI-generated image depicting the former president hugging Dr. Anthony Fauci. It's also further fueling concerns about how AI "deepfakes" of altered video, photos or audio portraying candidates saying and doing things they did not could affect the 2024 campaign. This stunt had the'please clap' energy of Ron DeSanctimonious' mentor, Jeb Bush," a Trump campaign adviser told Fox News Digital of the images. One of Trump's most vocal allies in the Senate, freshman Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, tweeted on Thursday, "Smearing Donald Trump with fake AI images is completely unacceptable.