SUN: Maryland GOP leader made viral AI meme mocking Scott adviser

A political meme mocking one of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s senior advisers as a missing person on a milk carton started with a Fox45 investigation, a Republican newsletter and a few rounds of prompting ChatGPT.

“I hope people look at this and they go, hey, maybe we shouldn’t vote for Brandon Scott again,” Dwight Patel, vice chair of the Maryland GOP, told The Baltimore Sun.

Patel created the AI-generated image after Fox45 reported that Marvin James, a senior adviser to Scott, was rarely seen at City Hall despite earning nearly $200,000 a year. The station also reported James used a city vehicle for personal trips and stopped at a D.C. mayoral campaign office.

So, of course, Patel put James on a milk carton.

Read the full story on The Baltimore Sun’s website.