Esther Kim Varet, a Democratic candidate for California's 40th district, used AI-generated actors in her campaign advertisement to critique Rep. Young Kim. The ad employs the Veo 3 video model from Google DeepMind to create hyper-realistic avatars that accuse Young Kim of lacking authenticity and merely echoing prompts from Donald Trump and corporate interests. This innovative approach symbolizes a tech-savvy strategy to engage voters, emphasizing the need for genuine representation. Varet's campaign aims to portray Young Kim as a 'fake moderate,' further stimulating public discourse leading up to the 2026 election.
I'm a fake person made by AI prompts. I may look real and sound real, but there's nothing authentic about me, one fake AI character begins. In that way, I'm a lot like Young Kim.
Introducing the video in a post on X, Varet argued: We need real people representing us in Congress - not fake moderates like @RepYoungKim.
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