Virginia Candidate John Reid Reportedly Used AI-Generated Deepfake of Opponent Ghazala Hashmi in Simulated Political Debate
Date: 2025-10-21
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, John Reid, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1249: Virginia Candidate John Reid Reportedly Used AI-Generated Deepfake of Opponent Ghazala Hashmi in Simulated Political Debate. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, John Reid, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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