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Never Back Down Super PAC for Ron DeSantis Uses AI Donald Trump Voice in Attack Ad Against Kim Reynolds
- Occurred
- Jul 17, 2023
- Published
- Jul 17, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC released an ad featuring an AI-generated voice of Donald Trump. The ad, created by Never Back Down, aimed to criticize Trump’s treatment of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. The AI-generated voice was confirmed to be based on Trump's post from his social media. This incident is an example of potential deception in political advertising through AI-generated content.
Developers
- Never Back Down
Deployers
- Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign
- Never Back Down
Harmed parties
- Kim Reynolds
- Donald Trump
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated voice used in political ad creates potential deception without physical harm or legal action.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8