NJ’s former Lt Gov is using AI to say he’s innocent of sexual harassment

Former New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell resigned after an investigation found he sexually harassed a staffer and repeatedly violated ethics rules. In an NJ PBS interview, Caldwell argued he was unfairly targeted and claimed that multiple AI platforms supported his innocence after he ran the report through them.

The episode shows how public figures may increasingly invoke AI-generated interpretations as reputational defense tools, even when those outputs carry no legal or evidentiary weight. It also highlights a growing risk: AI validation can be used to muddy accountability and reframe official findings as debatable machine opinions.