Description: Rep. Mike Collins's congressional campaign allegedly created and posted an AI-generated video that purportedly used Sen. Jon Ossoff's portrait and synthetic voice to falsely depict him supporting the ongoing government shutdown. The video was reportedly shared on the campaign's X account with a limited disclaimer. Georgia Democrats criticized the deepfake as misleading, and the campaign reportedly indicated it would continue using similar AI tactics.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Mike Collins and Mike Collins's campaign, which harmed Jon Ossoff , General public , General public of Georgia , Electoral integrity , Epistemic integrity , Truth and Democracy.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Unknown voice cloning technology , X (Twitter) and Social media
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1264
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-11-10
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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I had a call from a friend this week. "Did you see that Ossoff video about the shutdown?" she asked about Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, incredulous that the Georgia Democrat would say what he was saying in the online video.
I hadn't seen the …
Variants
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