AI Doppelgänger Dupes Public as Marco Rubio in Bizarre Impersonation Scheme

Once upon a time, the biggest threat to political stability was, you know, actual politicians. But now, as if democracy weren’t already the world’s weirdest reality show, AI-generated impostors are sliding into DMs pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio, dialing up foreign ministers and probably auto-correcting their way through diplomatic relations . Can you imagine a world where half our government Zoom call is just chatbots passing notes? Does the phrase “raising alarms” mean anything when Siri could be running the State Department meeting—and nobody would even blink? Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer my international incidents with fewer copy-paste errors . Ready to see where this fever dream of technology takes us, or are you just stalling to make sure your boss isn’t secretly an algorithm in a bad suit? LEARN MORE

An AI-generated impostor posing as Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted foreign ministers, a U.S. senator, and a governor, raising alarms as the technology becomes more accessible. What do you think?

“You’re overreacting, most of the political leaders he contacted were AI impostors, too.”

Giorgio Brizioli, Pudding Emulsifier

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“Don’t look at me, I’m only impersonating Pennsylvania Rep. Lloyd Smucker.”

Seth Kloster, Scent Analyst

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“It gave itself away by hallucinating something called ‘The State Department.’”

Jillian Puppi, Denim Mender