Wiener reverses course, pulls AI attack on Connie Chan after backlash
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California state Sen. Scott Wiener scrapped ConnieChan.ai, a parody AI chatbot targeting rival Connie Chan, after Pelosi and other Democrats condemned the tactic as a harmful AI impersonation. Wiener pulled the chatbot and related billboards and apologized, acknowledging the controversy distracted from housing, transit, and other issues. Chan’s campaign framed the stunt as bigotry, underscoring tensions ahead of the November runoff in San Francisco’s 11th District.
- Scott Wiener forced into screeching U-turn after Nancy Pelosi raged at Connie Chan ads New York Post
- Scott Wiener says ConnieChan.ai chatbot, campaign billboards to be removed KRON4
- Pelosi wages war over her succession Politico
- Wiener chatbot mimicking Chan draws rebuke from Pelosi sfexaminer.com
- Wiener, backed by Anthropic PAC, uses Claude to skewer his SF rival SFGATE
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