Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is hitting back after a Democrat released an A.I. generated ad criticizing her as she prepares for an expected run for governor.
The video was posted on social media by Blake Gendebien, a Democrat running in Stefanik's district. It features an A.I. generated image of Stefanik singing a song about dragging out her announcement she is running for governor.
At the end, the ad has a disclaimer that it was generated by A.I. with the caption "We Decided To Announce For Elise Stefanik, Since She Can't Seem To Do It Herself."
"Elise Stefanik is not fooling anyone," Gendebien wrote. "While she 'considers; running for Governor, the people of the North Country lack adequate leadership in Congress. It's time to change that. Send a farmer to Congress."
Stefanik took aim at New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Jay Jacobs, the chair of the New York Democrats, for failing to condemn the ad.
"Their silence to condemn this misogynistic, AI-generated sexist smear is shameful and despicable," Stefanik's team said in a statement. "There is no place in politics to artificially create this derogatory degradation which is offensive, belittling, and confusing to voters especially seniors. The Stefanik team calls on Governor Hochul and NY Democrat Party boss Jay Jacobs to publicly condemn this disgraceful ad and call it out for what it is: a bigoted, sexist AI deep fake that is offensive to voters."
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