Adrian Perkins, former mayor of Shreveport, La., sits for a portrait in his office in Chicago, Thursday, June 13, 2024. An ad targeting Perkins in his 2022 reelection campaign is believed to be one of the first examples of an AI deepfake deployed in a political race in the U.S. “In politics, people are always going to push the envelope a bit to be effective,” he says. “We had no idea how significant it would be.” (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)