AI-Generated Influencers Encourage Trump Support Ahead of the Midterm Elections

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🟦 Media, Culture and AI

🟦 AI-Generated Women Encourage Trump Support Ahead of the Midterm Elections
Source: TVA Nouvelles
URL: https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2026/05/09/belles-devouees-et-fausses-des-femmes-generees-par-ia-encouragent-le-vote-trump-avant-les-elections-de-mi-mandat

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🟦 Canada’s Louis Morissette Launches a Platform Dedicated to Comedy
Source: La Presse
URL: https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/2026-05-10/paaf/louis-morissette-lance-une-plateforme-consacree-a-l-humour.php

🟦 Alberta Referendum at the Center of Influence Issues Linked to Russia and the United States
Source: Radio-Canada
URL: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2251984/alberta-influence-russie-etats-unis?utm_source=adestra&utm_campaign=na&utm_medium=infolettre&utm_term=info.politique

🟦 Quebec Illustrators Denounce the Theft of Their Style by Artificial Intelligence
Source: Journal de Montréal
URL: https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/09/voles-par-lia

🟦 Michel Rabagliati Condemns an AI “Garbage Machine”
Source: Journal de Montréal
URL: https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/09/vole-par-lia-une-machine-a-chier-de-la-bouette-decrie-michel-rabagliati

🟦 Élise Gravel, Michel Rabagliati and Guy Delisle See Their Styles Imitated by AI
Source: Journal de Montréal
URL: https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/09/elise-gravel-michel-rabagliati-guy-delisle-des-illustrateurs-quebecois-bien-connus-se-font-voler-leur-style-par-lintelligence-artificielle

🟪 Artificial Intelligence, Platforms and Technology

🟪 AI Quietly Invades the Podcasting World
Source: Méta-Media
URL: https://www.meta-media.fr/2026/05/08/liens-vagabonds-linvasion-a-bas-bruit-quand-lia-sature-lunivers-du-podcast.html

🟪 ByteDance Plans More Than $30 Billion for Its AI Expansion
Source: The Decoder
URL: https://the-decoder.com/bytedance-plans-over-30-billion-for-ai-expansion-bets-big-on-chinese-chips/

🟪 AI on the Internet: Mapping the Influence of Bots and Generative Models
Source: AI on the Internet
URL: https://ai-on-the-internet.github.io/?ref=weekly-digest.ghost.io

🟪 AI Wins Could Push Alphabet to Become the World’s Largest Company
Source: Bloomberg
URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-10/ai-wins-have-alphabet-poised-to-become-world-s-biggest-company

🟪 Meta Employees Describe a Difficult Work Climate
Source: The New York Times
URL: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/technology/meta-ai-employees-miserable.html

🟪 Meta May Be Caught in a Troubling AI-Driven Spiral
Source: Futurism
URL: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-death-spiral

🟪 Meta Can Now Read Your Private Instagram Messages to Feed AI and Advertising
Source: Les Numériques
URL: https://www.lesnumeriques.com/appli-logiciel/meta-peut-desormais-lire-vos-messages-prives-instagram-une-mine-d-or-pour-l-ia-et-la-publicite-n255694.html

🟥 Journalism, Information and Media

🟥 Rethinking Journalism Schools Once and for All
Source: Substack — José Alberto García Avilés
URL:

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🟥 The Washington Post’s Internal Divide Over Opinion Video
Source: Status
URL: https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-video-adam-oneal

🟥 Journalists Refuse to Sign Articles Generated by Artificial Intelligence
Source: LinkedIn
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/des-journalistes-refusent-de-signer-articles-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9s-par-turrettini-6j0je?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

🟥 Sonia Delesalle-Stolper Faces the Challenges of Leading Libération’s Newsroom
Source: Le Figaro
URL: https://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/le-plus-dur-reste-a-faire-les-defis-de-sonia-delesalle-stolper-la-nouvelle-directrice-de-la-redaction-de-liberation-20260507

🟥 Journalism Becomes the Main Battleground for Media in the Age of AI
Source: MediaPost
URL: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/414931/the-ai-media-arena-journalism-is-the-biggest-sou.html?edition=142545

🟥 Five Big Ideas Shaping Journalism’s Next Chapter
Source: Fast Company
URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/91533591/5-big-ideas-shaping-journalisms-next-chapter

🟥 The Perugia Conference on Media and Information Is Available on YouTube
Source: YouTube
URL:

🟥 An Academic Study on Political Communication and Journalism
Source: SAGE Journals
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19401612261442761

🟥 AI Objection: When Courts Threaten Investigative Journalism
Source: RFI
URL: https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/menaces-sur-l-information/20260509-objection-ia-tribunal-m%C3%A9dias-danger-pour-le-journalisme-d-investigation-thiel

🟥 CBS News Shaken by Cuts Around “60 Minutes”
Source: TheWrap
URL: https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/cbs-news-cutting-60-minutes-sharyn-alfonsi-inside-cecot/

🟥 The World’s Most Popular News Websites
Source: Press Gazette
URL: https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-world-monthly-2/