Democratic Congresswoman Now Only Speaks Via AI-Generated Voice After Being Diagnosed With Rare Disease

Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia is in the final months of a congressional career cut short by a rare disease that will eventually cut short her life as well.
But this week, she released a video in which artificial intelligence allows her to sound the way she did when her political future was an endless road leading onward.
Last year, Wexton, elected to Congress in 2022, announced that she would not be seeking re-election due to her diagnosis with Progressive Supra-nuclear Palsy, type‑p (PSP‑P), a rare type of Atypical Parkinsonism. Prior to the announcement she sat for an interview with The Washington Post.

In the course of the interview, Wexton spoke to a friend, assuring …