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Warren Buffett is so over AI deepfakes he forced Berkshire Hathaway to release a statement saying he would never endorse a presidential candidate: ‘It just ain't me'

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Many of the famous and ultrawealthy are endorsing and throwing money at either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump. Just last night, the New York Times reported that Microsoft founder Bill Gates quietly donated a whopping $50 million to the Harris campaign. 

But one of the world’s richest men completely refuses to reveal his support for any candidate: Warren Buffett. And it’s probably not for a reason you’d expect. It has nothing to do with any potential hits to his business that might come from supporting one candidate over the other; it’s because he’s frustrated with people impersonating him online. He’s so worried, in fact, that Berkshire Hathaway added a statement to the front page of its antiquated website to clear the air about their chairman and CEO’s political and investment product endorsements.

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