A polling firm called Median fabricated survey results in high-profile races (Wisconsin Democratic primary) using synthetic data and attributed the operation to a 21-year-old as a "social experiment." The fake poll was cited in campaign communications and shaped candidate messaging before exposure. This illustrates a structural gap in signal verification: political and media actors lack reliable methods to distinguish authentic polling from AI-generated synthetic content, creating both direct messaging distortion and downstream credibility risk across information channels.
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