Summary
A new political attack ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee uses artificial intelligence to create a fake video of Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The video shows an AI-generated Schumer repeating words he actually said about a government shutdown. This use of technology in politics has raised concerns about the future of AI deepfake videos in campaign ads.
Key Facts
- The attack ad was released by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
- The video features an AI-generated version of Senator Chuck Schumer.
- Schumer appears to say "Every day gets better for us," which he did say, but not in video form.
- The video has a watermark and disclaimer indicating it is AI-generated.
- YouTube labeled the video as "Altered or synthetic content."
- Experts and journalists raised concerns about using AI to create fake videos in politics.
- The ad is part of a larger trend of using AI in political campaigning.
