Vicious attack ad drops as Texas Republicans sling AI slop at each other in ugly primary

The Texas Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate is getting uglier, with interests backing incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton trading increasingly ugly barbs — and attack ads filled with AI slop.

On Wednesday, the pro-Cornyn super PAC Texans for a Conservative Majority dropped an ad full of AI-generated video clips. The ad featured a deepfaked picture of Paxton swiping on a dating app to illustrate accusations of marital infidelity. It also included AI-generated...