The legal dispute over the AI-generated content is taking place in the race for Wisconsin's 3rd District. Prediction markets on Polymarket currently assign a 71% probability that the incumbent will be ousted from Congress by Cooke in the upcoming election.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Van Orden Mocks AI Deepfake Order With Grok Duck
US Politics18 days ago
Rep. Derrick Van Orden refused to take down synthetic campaign advertisements and instead replied to legal threats with a digitally generated animal. The Republican lawmaker in Wisconsin posted a video of a duck shouting "Cease and desist!" using the Grok AI tool after opponent Rebecca Cooke issued a demand for him to stop airing deepfakes that depict her making statements she never made.
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