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Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) received a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday regarding an AI-generated video that falsely attributed statements to his Democratic opponent, Rebecca Cooke.
The letter, sent by Cooke's attorneys, cited a pattern of misleading AI-generated videos that attribute positions to Cooke which her campaign says she rejects.
The legal action targets a specific August post on X by Van Orden.
The video features an AI-generated Cooke stating she wants to "take advantage of as much corruption as possible and give every illegal alien free healthcare." Cooke's team asserts she never made these comments.
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