These Campaigns Hope 'Deepfake' Candidates Help Get Out the Vote

"From far away," he says, cracking a small grin. "I will cheer them both on from far, far away." The so-called AI Yoon--as in Artificial Intelligence Yoon--sounds, looks and gestures much like the real-life, conservative politician who is in a close race for South Korea's presidential election on Wednesday--although with much more mischievous humor. A sharp-tongued former prosecutor, the 61-year-old Mr. Yoon is new to politics and wanted an efficient way to reach out to the electorate. He needed to pursue young voters and sought a softer public image, and had just roughly three weeks to officially campaign by law.