Rebecca Cooke campaign issues cease and desist over alleged AI deepfake attack ads
Rebecca Cooke's congressional campaign has issued a cease and desist letter to opponent Derrick Van Orden, demanding he stop using what they claim are AI deepfake videos in attack ads. The campaign asserts that the videos, which depict Cooke, are digitally altered using artificial intelligence to mislead voters. This action follows the alleged dissemination of these ads by Van Orden's campaign. While the sending of the cease and desist letter is widely reported, the characterization of the videos as AI deepfakes is a claim made by Cooke's campaign.
5 articles from 4 outlets covered this story. The underlying claim is sourced from a press release.
What do all outlets agree on?
4 outlets covered “Rebecca Cooke campaign issues cease and desist over alleged AI deepfake attack ads”. All of them report the following:
- Rebecca Cooke's campaign sent a cease and desist letter
- Letter addressed to Derrick Van Orden
- Concern over AI deepfake videos/attack ads
- Videos depict Rebecca Cooke
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