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Wiener campaign removes AI parody content of opponent Chan after backlash
The race for the congressional seat representing San Francisco that has long been held by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi took a contentious turn this past week, after one of the candidates launched an artificial intelligence chatbot that his campaign said was designed to impersonate his opponent. The move by state Sen. Scott Wiener was blasted […] The post Wiener campaign removes AI parody content of opponent Chan after backlash appeared first on Local News Matters .
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The race for the congressional seat representing San Francisco that has long been held by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi took a contentious turn this past week, after one of the candidates launched an artificial intelligence chatbot that his campaign said was designed to impersonate his opponent. The move by state Sen. Scott Wiener was blasted […] The post Wiener campaign removes AI parody content of opponent Chan after backlash appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked report, Wiener campaign removes AI parody content of opponent Chan after backlash, The race for the congressional seat representing San Francisco that has long been held by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi took a contentious turn this past week, after one of the candidates launched an artificial intelligence chatbot that his campaign said was designed to impersonate his opponent. The move by state Sen. Scott Wiener was blasted […] The post Wiener campaign removes AI parody content of opponent Chan after backlash appeared first on Local News Matters .
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