Dave Lee, Columnist

Taylor Swift’s Harris Endorsement Turns Tables on AI Abusers

Trump has learned the hard way that, for now at least, truth can still overtake fakery — though it helps to have 283 million followers.

September 11, 2024 at 8:11 AM UTC

By Dave Lee

Dave Lee is Bloomberg Opinion's US technology columnist. He was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times and BBC News.

Taylor Swift’s viral power over AI fakery.
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Whoever said a lie could get around the world before the truth had its boots on clearly didn’t envision the force of a megastar like Taylor Swift, who on Tuesday demonstrated that she could get ahead of any falsehood in an instant.

The singer’s blockbuster endorsement of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, posted immediately after Tuesday’s presidential debate, has ended speculation over whether the singer would publicly back the campaign.