Description: Republican Virginia lieutenant governor candidate John Reid reportedly held a 40-minute mock debate against a purportedly AI-generated version of Democratic opponent Sen. Ghazala Hashmi. The bot reportedly mimicked her voice and synthesized responses trained on her public statements. Hashmi's campaign denounced the non-consensual likeness as a "shoddy gimmick."
Editor Notes: The event was reportedly livestreamed at this URL: https://youtu.be/BWe1PbGIZw4?si=QdnFo8Ri8CrV40ix.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers and Unknown voice cloning technology developers developed an AI system deployed by John Reid, which harmed Ghazala Hashmi , Democracy , Epistemic integrity and Electoral integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Unknown voice cloning technology and YouTube
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4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
Risk Domain
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- Malicious Actors & Misuse
Entity
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Timing
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Post-deployment
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After his Democratic opponent declined all of his debate requests in the Virginia lieutenant governor race, Republican John Reid decided he'd hold a 40-minute one anyway --- against a version of her generated by artificial intelligence.
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The latest debate in Virginia politics had Republican lieutenant governor candidate John Reid sparring with an AI-generated version of his opponent, Ghazala Hashmi.
Why it matters: This election year just keeps getting weirder.
Driving the …
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