Senate Republicans have rolled out a “hard to watch” attack advertisement against Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer that uses generative AI to speak.
The unsettling ad, created to make Schumer “look” directly into a camera while talking about the government shutdown, was tagged as using artificial intelligence, but did so using small, partially transparent text in the clip’s right-hand corner.
Schumer is made to smile creepily and say twice, “Every day gets better for us.” After he “speaks,” the camera pushes in tight on his face.
The real Schumer, 73, did say that “every day gets better for us” while discussing the ongoing government shutdown with a Punchbowl News reporter last week, but video of him making the remark was never released.
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