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An explosion of AI deepfakes is redefining American elections

The Citizens for Sanity group released an attack ad against Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico depicting him singing about transgender children. The ad used AI-generated clips and images, continuing a trend of unregulated deepfakes in political campaigns.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 05:53 AM EDT

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