Political Scandals

A Tulsa Democrat will no longer seek reelection following reports he used artificial intelligence to fabricate images of him kissing a woman.

An Oklahoma representative confirmed this week that his resignation as chair of the state's Democratic Party came after he used artificial intelligence to generate a clip of him kissing a potential candidate for office, nonprofit news outlet Nondoc reports.

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