AIster · The agentic age · Culture
Senate Republicans post a deepfake of James Talarico
A national party committee used a realistic AI double of a rival in a campaign ad
Key facts
- Date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Era
- The agentic age
- Interest
- Culture
- Threads
- Safety & governance
- Posted by
- National Republican Senatorial Committee, on X
- Length
- More than a minute
- Disclosure
- Small, mostly faint on-screen “AI GENERATED” label
The National Republican Senatorial Committee posted a video on X showing an AI-generated James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate in Texas, reading his old social media posts aloud. The video carried a small, faint “AI Generated” label in one corner, which critics said was easy to miss. Digital forensics expert Hany Farid called the result hyper-realistic.