Description: Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity's campaign reportedly released an AI-generated video impersonating Gov. Josh Shapiro and placing first-person statements about harassment scandals, intimidated accusers, and hush money. The harassment allegations concerned a former aide. Shapiro's campaign denounced the ad as dishonest.
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View all entitiesAlleged: Synthetic video generation technology developers , Synthetic media generation technology developers , Synthetic audio generation technology developers and Deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Synthetic media creators , Stacy Garrity's gubernatorial campaign , Stacy Garrity , Public figures , Politicians in the United States , Politicians , political campaigns and Deepfake creators, which harmed Public figures , Politicians in the United States , Politicians , Josh Shapiro , Epistemic integrity , Elected officials and Democratic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Synthetic video generation technology , Synthetic media generation technology , Synthetic audio generation technology and Deepfake technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1778
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-10-17
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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With less than two weeks before Election Day, the Pennsylvania governor's race has taken an artificial intelligence turn.
An AI-generated ad by Stacy Garrity's campaign has joined a handful of others around the country in major races, and t…
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