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Queens DA charges Forest Hills City Council candidate with using AI to forge police endorsements, fake news articles, and a video claiming his opponent dropped out

Queens DA Melinda Katz charged Forest Hills City Council candidate Jonathan Rinaldi with using AI to forge endorsements and fake news, including a video claiming his opponent dropped out, in an effort to mislead voters before the election.

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A graphic representation of social media feeds underscores the digital nature of the AI-generated forgeries at the center of the Queens DA’s charges against a City Council candidate. Courtesy x.com

Queens DA charges Forest Hills City Council candidate with using AI to forge police endorsements, fake news articles, and a video claiming his opponent dropped out

Queens DA Melinda Katz charged Forest Hills City Council candidate Jonathan Rinaldi with using AI to forge endorsements and fake news, including a video claiming his opponent dropped out, in an effort to mislead voters before the election.

Queens DA charges Forest Hills City Council candidate with using AI to forge police endorsements, fake news articles, and a video claiming his opponent dropped out

A Forest Hills man who ran for City Council in Queens last year was charged with forgery on July 1 after prosecutors say he used artificial intelligence to fabricate endorsements from police officers, elementary school students, and multiple major news outlets, and to generate videos falsely claiming his opponent had dropped out of the race, according to the Queens Gazette.

Jonathan Rinaldi, 47, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging him with three counts of forgery in the third degree and 15 counts of criminal possession of…

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