<![CDATA[Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points.]]>Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points.

I'm uploading the Times's collage of some of the clips.

Edit to add: The video has no sound, just in case you were wondering.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0d45ac4a-e745-4f12-a6b6-45c9928bf3df/republicans-are-flooding-social-media-with-ai-generated-videos-featuring-fictitious-people-all-saying-verbatim-talking-points.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 04:15:34 GMTSat, 18 Apr 2026 22:02:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:59:03 GMT]]>@mattsheffield this is more uncanny than the viral sorority pile of limbs chant that was making the rounds several years ago. But the vibes are very on-par

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://goingdark.social/ap/users/115857222608075799/statuses/116429366470588177https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://goingdark.social/ap/users/115857222608075799/statuses/116429366470588177Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:59:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:26:27 GMT]]>@oldclumsy_nowmad @mattsheffield This is not a recent phenomenon. The Republicans have been the party of big business and the wealthiest for over a century now, essentially since the premature end of Reconstruction.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/eschaton/statuses/116429238275336529https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/eschaton/statuses/116429238275336529Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:26:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:25:33 GMT]]>@theogrin @mattsheffield @keira_reckons Oooh, you have a really good point there... I wonder if some legal organization could get involved or something?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116429234705465221https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116429234705465221Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:25:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:23:49 GMT]]>@disorderlyf @mattsheffield I think it's a product of the training with the videos of women in the sources more being posing/etc rather than actually, you know, doing stuff.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116429227937725831https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116429227937725831Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:23:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:22:49 GMT]]>@normjess @mattsheffield Honestly I'd argue they're just trying to pretend *women* support the right, not *educated* women. They really really don't like educated women and push pretty hard for a belief that women should be, and I quote "traditional" — that this is good and that being "non-traditional" in some way is bad. Having an education is definitely not "traditional" in their definition.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116429224011700369https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116429224011700369Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:22:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:16:18 GMT]]>@MissGayle @mattsheffield I was wondering about this myself... It's a far cry to claim being united (what does that even mean in this context? No one on the left ever said "the right is not united" because what does it even mean???) to just getting people in each state to comment. Just getting comments on platforms like those just means your account has follows... (Many of which may even be bots.)

It doesn't just end at being fake. Every part of this is a hot mess...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116429198330694650https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116429198330694650Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:16:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:12:43 GMT]]>@mattsheffield @keira_reckons

I wonder what the penalty would be for impersonation of a military official through the use of LLM deepfakes. It is, after all, a crime to falsely represent oneself as a military official, and it's not hard to imagine that the same might apply in this circumstance.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/theogrin/statuses/116429184272520655https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/theogrin/statuses/116429184272520655Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:12:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:08:34 GMT]]>@RVLara23 Sinclair doesn't do this exact thing anymore, but they do force stations to run corporate propaganda.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428932043101519https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428932043101519Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:08:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:01:13 GMT]]>@mattsheffield

I mean..... have they stopped this practice? I hadn't heard that they did.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RVLara23/statuses/116428903149594263https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RVLara23/statuses/116428903149594263Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:01:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:00:37 GMT]]>@mattsheffield

Most nights, our local Sinclair station pauses to show a live look at the White House. It's weird.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/FiddleSix/statuses/116428900763756940https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/FiddleSix/statuses/116428900763756940Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:00:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:42:30 GMT]]>@mattsheffield
Nah, Americans wouldn’t be stupid enough to follow an empty suite (or a tank top) spewing idiotic ideas.
Or would they …

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/OptimisticMoron/statuses/116428829544579772https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/OptimisticMoron/statuses/116428829544579772Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:42:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:29:39 GMT]]>These videos are the fuller developed version of the fake Instagram Trump fan "Jessica Foster" which was used to support him and also sell foot fetish content https://www.fastcompany.com/91507096/jessica-foster-popular-maga-influencer-ai-model

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428778968107715https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428778968107715Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:29:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:28:58 GMT]]>@mattsheffield Interesting how all of these women look like amalgamations of the same three women, and also how unnatural the stance, inflection in the speech, quality of the audio and background details are.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116428776306341363https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116428776306341363Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:28:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:28:47 GMT]]>@mattsheffield oh

Wow. Yet, I'm not surprised.

Anything that Republicans say other people are doing, they are doing. It's all projection.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmcrookston/statuses/116428775613776074https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmcrookston/statuses/116428775613776074Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:28:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:26:05 GMT]]>@keira_reckons The videos are completely made up. The uniform details are all wrong. You also cannot make political statements in uniform or record on base in most cases.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428764962599249https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428764962599249Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:26:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:24:42 GMT]]>@mattsheffield I remember Sinclair doing this - making all the anchors read from the same script. I was astonished at the time.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lawyersgunsnmoney/statuses/116428759562807322https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lawyersgunsnmoney/statuses/116428759562807322Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:24:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:22:15 GMT]]>Flashback to Sinclair Broadcast Group doing this with real people across its multi-billion-dollar network of TV stations. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/02/sinclair-trump-video-script-fake-news-president-defends-tv-news-twitter

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428749886164217https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428749886164217Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:22:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:21:13 GMT]]>@mattsheffield I guess I will keep scrolling ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115940330255747737/statuses/116428745807538111https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115940330255747737/statuses/116428745807538111Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:21:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:21:11 GMT]]>@mattsheffield It's so badly done!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116321766470899932/statuses/116428745714332167https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116321766470899932/statuses/116428745714332167Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:21:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:12:49 GMT]]>Here's one of the other Times clips.

This is literally Fox News 2.0. But instead of paid propagandists who don't represent the views of younger women, the goal is to completely replace women.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428712782727921https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116428712782727921Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:12:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:07:38 GMT]]>@mattsheffield avatars are most certainly united.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Bongolian/statuses/116428692423239474https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Bongolian/statuses/116428692423239474Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:07:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:56:40 GMT]]>@mattsheffield

Yeah, and I can find rats in every state, too, but that doesn't mean that all the rats everywhere are going to vote for cheeto. Just saying.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/MissGayle/statuses/116428649319014511https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/MissGayle/statuses/116428649319014511Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:56:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:30:37 GMT]]>@mattsheffield Social media in all forms should be abolished now that AI exists

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116426638142411216/statuses/116428546895806902https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116426638142411216/statuses/116428546895806902Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:30:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Republicans are flooding social media with AI generated videos featuring fictitious people all saying verbatim talking points. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:16:34 GMT]]>@mattsheffield The Guardians of Pedophiles say we're deranged? When they're the ones using AI slop generators and bots to prop up a fake electorate that generates fake support for their fake reality?!

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