Incident 1775: Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Posted by Texas Lieutenant Governor's Campaign Allegedly Misrepresented Opponent's Tax Positions

Description: Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick's campaign posted purportedly AI-generated videos depicting his opponent, state legislator Vikki Goodwin. She alleged the videos falsely portrayed her tax positions and were intended to deceive voters and harm her candidacy. Goodwin filed a police complaint, and the posts were later removed. Patrick's campaign called the videos obvious parody and denied violating election law.

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Alleged: Synthetic video generation technology developers , Synthetic media generation technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Dan Patrick , Dan Patrick's campaign , political campaigns , Politicians , Politicians in the United States , Public figures , Synthetic media creators and Deepfake creators, which harmed Politicians , Politicians in the United States , Public figures , Vikki Goodwin , Political candidates targeted by deepfakes , Epistemic integrity and Democratic integrity.

Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic video generation technology , Synthetic media generation technology , Deepfake technology , X (Twitter) and Social media platforms

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Incident ID

1775

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Incident Date

2026-09-05

Editors

Daniel Atherton

Incident Reports

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Texas universities limit their brands in political ads. Dan Patrick used them anyway.

texastribune.org

In lieutenant governor race, Vikki Goodwin says Dan Patrick ads are illegal AI deepfakes

texastribune.org

Vikki Goodwin files police report saying Dan Patrick broke law with AI-generated campaign ads

kut.org

Secret weapon or ‘slopaganda’? How AI is revolutionizing campaign advertising.

washingtonpost.com

texastribune.org · 2026

It is not clear if Patrick’s campaign sought permission from three Texas universities to use their trademarks in a college football-inspired ad that appears to be AI-generated.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at an event the grounds of The Alamo…

texastribune.org · 2026

The Democrat filed a police complaint against the Republican incumbent, saying state law bans deceptive video so close to the election. Patrick’s camp said they were obvious parodies.

State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, and Democratic candi…

kut.org · 2026

State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, the Austin Democrat running to unseat Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, filed a police report saying that artificial intelligence-generated ads released by Patrick's campaign in September violated state law.

Goodwin curr…

washingtonpost.com · 2026

The advancing technology offers campaigns the tools to make compelling, lifelike ads. That’s leading even seasoned political observers to take note.

Political advertisements created with artificial intelligence are proliferating throughout …

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