Weeks after President Donald Trump posted a series of vulgar deepfake videos of Chuck Schumer, in the run-up to the ongoing government shutdown, Senate Republicans have released their own AI-generated ad featuring the top Democrat.
While the social media clip has sparked backlash from journalists and political observers, a spokesperson for the National Republican Senate Committee came out in defense of the ad, insisting that “AI is here and not going anywhere” - and critics should cease their pearl-clutching.
