Challenger Creates AI Chatbot as Debate Stand-In

“A long-shot congressional challenger in Virginia is so determined to debate the Democratic incumbent one more time that he created an AI chatbot to stand in for the candidate in case he’s a no-show,” Reuters reports.

“Less than a month from election day, the race for Virginia’s 8th congressional district is all but decided. The sitting congressman in this deeply Democratic district, Don Beyer, won handily in 2022 with nearly three-quarters of the vote.”