Meghan and Harry to wade into U.S. politics again ahead of the 2024 election: ... trends now
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are once again wading into U.S. politics, joining a campaign to warn American voters against misinformation in the upcoming presidential election.
Their Archewell Foundation and other Hollywood political players are supporting an initiative to prepare U.S. voters for a possible onslaught of AI deepfake information, Axios reported.
Specifically, the Archewell Foundation is helping brainstorm new content for the campaign.
It is the second time around the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have gotten involved in a presidential election. In the 2020 contest, they urged Americans to sign up to vote and reject misinformation.
In the aftermath, Republicans and other critics called on the Royal Family to strip the couple of their titles, calling the interference of the Duke and Duchess inappropriate.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are once again wading into U.S. politics - above the couple at the Invictus Games in Germany in September
This year's campaign is being coordinated by Miles Taylor, chief policy officer of The Future US. Taylor was chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security during Donald Trump's presidency and was the anonymous author of a New York Times op-ed revealing the dangers of the Trump presidency.
He's now ringing alarm bells about the use of fake videos and images.
'This is a disaster waiting to happen — no one's doing the public inoculation,' he told Axios.
With the advent of cheap generative AI and a plethora of social media platforms available, experts are warning manipulated images, edited videos, and misleading robocalls could dominate this year's politics.
Compounding matters is a lack of regulation and coordination between the relevant federal agencies and social media companies.
'The government isn't talking to social media companies. Many of the social media companies don't want anything to do with the government — which means novel AI threats could get missed,' Taylor noted.
Google, Meta, and OpenAI have pledged to combat deceptive AI election content, while two advertisements have been produced by Jesse Dylan, Bob Dylan’s son, to raise awareness for the issue. The ads will run this spring in battleground states.
The involvement of the Sussexes will restoke questions about Meghan's political ambitions.
A representative for the Duke and Duchess did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
Both Joe Biden (left) and Donald Trump (right) have been victim of AI generated deep fakes
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spoke out about politics in the 2020 presidential election
But Meghan's ambitions have been talked about since she and Harry emigrated from Britain during the 'Megxit' crisis, including claims that she would 'seriously consider' running for president if her husband dropped his royal title.
The couple also hired top former aides to Barack Obama for their foundation, fueling the speculation about their political futures.
And, a few years ago, a friend of the Duchess told Vanity Fair magazine that one of the reasons Meghan did not give up her American citizenship when she married into the Royal Family was to allow her to keep open the option of entering politics.
She has already gotten involved in policy issues.
The Duchess was a vocal critic of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade and threatened to go to Washington D.C. to march in the protests.
She also lobbied members of Congress to approve mandatory paid parental leave, writing to then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Shumer, as well as cold-calling senators to ask them to support the measure.
She signed her letters to the lawmakers with her royal title: 'Meghan, The
