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Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad
- Occurred
- Oct 17, 2025
- Published
- Oct 17, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) allegedly released a 30-second campaign ad featuring a purported deepfake video of Senator Chuck Schumer repeatedly saying, "Every day gets better for us," implying enthusiasm for a government shutdown. While the video reportedly was marked as AI-generated, it was widely circulated on social media and drew criticism from journalists and researchers, who warned it could mislead voters and erode trust in authentic political communication.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic audio generation technology developers
Deployers
- National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)
Harmed parties
- Chuck Schumer
- Democratic Party
- General public
- General public of the United States
- Epistemic integrity
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated synthetic media used in political campaign, causing public concern and criticism.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8