The Brasil da Esperança Federation (PT, PV and PCdoB) filed a petition on Thursday (4/25) with the TSE requesting the suspension of the 'Dona Maria' profile from all social media platforms. The profile uses an artificial intelligence-created character to criticize President Lula and has 724 thousand Instagram followers.
The 'Dona Maria' profile uses artificial intelligence to create a character of an elderly Black woman who produces political content on social media. According to the PT's lawsuit, the profile violates regulations on AI use in political contexts by spreading content that confuses voters by presenting opinions as real accounts from a person.
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PT, PV and PCdoB filed a petition with the TSE on April 25 requesting suspension of the 'Dona Maria' profile
The profile uses artificial intelligence to create the character of a Black elderly woman
The profile has 724 thousand followers on Instagram
The profile owner is Daniel Cristiano
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The parties request identification of possible funding sources for the profile
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The profile promotes artificial intelligence and automation courses to monetize the activity
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Daniel Cristiano commented on the PT action saying 'the desperation is great'
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