A Hawaii congressional candidate used an AI-generated ad putting words in the mouth of a dead local activist, and her family is furious.

• The ad showed a woman who looked like a well-known late Hawaii activist praising candidate Nathan Burning and linking abortion to a lack of support for mothers.
• Burning first said the woman was just a model he had never heard of, then admitted the ad was AI-made after the photo was matched to widely published pictures of the activist.
• The family can sue over the misuse of her image, and Hawaii's consumer protection chair called it fraud on voters.
• The ad also carried a graphic fetus photo, part of a national push by 10 candidates backed by anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, who argues TV stations are legally barred from refusing such ads.

Outlook: Burning stays on the general election ballot and is reworking the ad, so more of these spots are likely — just with the AI harder to spot.