- Advance UK paid a secretive AI operation to make its political campaign content
- The same group created Danny Bones, a white-nationalist rapper whose videos target Muslims. They have been viewed millions of times
- Experts said this could mark new ground in the use of AI tools for political ends
“Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen is widely regarded as a patriotic anthem. It’s played at so many sporting events and political rallies that most people think it celebrates American pride. But the song itself is about a small-town kid who gets drafted, sent to war, and then comes home to find himself unemployed, homeless, and abandoned by the system that sent him there.
The irony is that media and propagandists grabbed the punchy chorus and stripped it from the rest of the song. An anti-establishment story about neglect and disillusionment that got balefully repurposed as an advertising jingle to drive military recruitment.