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Comment by Daniel Schiff
Purdue University professor researching AI governance, deepfakes, and digital media ethics
I think that the types of damage that we can do to the rigor and credibility of elections and democratic systems – and the ability to misinform people about candidates or social issues – very much risks being supercharged. It's harmful for politicians and campaigns to continue normalizing this.
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(2026)
2mo ago
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Checked all dimensions. Year: 2026 (current). Author: Daniel Schiff, Purdue professor researching AI governance/deepfakes — correctly attributed. SOURCE CORRECTION: the original source_url pointed to the CNN "James Talarico deepfake" article (13 Mar 2026), but that piece quotes Sen. Andy Kim, not Schiff. Multiple independent web searches consistently attribute this Schiff quote to the Reuters article "AI deepfakes blur reality in 2026 US midterm campaigns" (28 Mar 2026), which contains the verbatim line about damage to "the rigor and credibility of elections and democratic systems...very much risks being supercharged." I therefore updated the source_url to the Reuters-syndicated version (investing.com, explicitly bylined Reuters), which I confirmed contains the quote. Vote alignment: statement "Mandate disclosure of AI-generated political advertising" with a "for" vote is directionally correct — Schiff warns AI deepfakes risk supercharging misinformation and erosion of election credibility and says "it's harmful for politicians and campaigns to continue normalizing this," consistent with supporting disclosure requirements for AI political ads. Direct fetch of the source returns HTTP 403 to automated requests, but web search confirmed the verbatim quote in that Reuters article.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 10d ago
replying to Daniel Schiff