"The deepfake video, posted on Friday to the Senate Republicans' social media account, shows an AI-generated Schumer robotically repeating the phrase every day gets better for us in reference to the ongoing government shutdown. A small disclaimer tucked in the corner acknowledges its artificial origins. Week 3 of the Schumer Shutdown: Every day gets better for us,' the post read, accompanied by the deepfake video looping the Democratic leader's manufactured likeness."
"In the original interview, Schumer explained that Democrats had prepared their healthcare-focused shutdown strategy well in advance, adding: Their whole theory was threaten us, bamboozle us and we would submit in a day or two. Yet rather than simply quote Schumer's words, the NRSC, the campaign arm responsible for electing Republican senators and chaired by Tim Scott, a South Carolina senator, chose to manufacture synthetic video of him speaking."
The NRSC released an AI-generated deepfake video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer repeating "Every day gets better for us" about the government shutdown. A small on-screen disclaimer labels the footage as artificial. The ad's narrator accuses Schumer of treating Americans' livelihoods as a game and accuses Democrats of loving the political standoff. Schumer said Democrats prepared a healthcare-focused shutdown strategy well in advance, adding, "Their whole theory was threaten us, bamboozle us and we would submit in a day or two." NRSC communications director Joanna Rodriguez defended using AI, saying, "AI is here and not going anywhere. Adapt & win or pearl clutch & lose." The post follows earlier AI-generated deepfakes posted by Donald Trump depicting Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries making crude, fabricated statements about immigration and voter fraud.
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