Flávio Bolsonaro Paid $107,000 to AI Election Manipulation Firm, Documents Show
Documents reveal Flávio Bolsonaro and his party paid Elytron for a clandestine AI system designed to manipulate voters through deepfakes and fake accounts.
KEY POINTS
- Flávio Bolsonaro paid R$600,000 to Elytron for an AI election manipulation system
- The Liberal Party paid Elytron R$131,900
- The system planned to use deepfakes, fake accounts, and psychological warfare to influence voters
- Former consultant Vincent Edward Reed reported the case to the FBI and U.S. House Oversight Committee
- No evidence shows the system was used in the 2026 elections
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro paid R$600,000 to cybersecurity firm Elytron, which offered a clandestine artificial intelligence system for political manipulation in the United States, according to documents obtained by Intercept Brasil. The Liberal Party also paid the same company R$131,900.
The documents describe an operation to collect and cross-reference voter data, identify audience segments, and spread rumors, create fake social media accounts, and discredit opponents using psychological warfare techniques and infiltration methods.
“When I saw the demonstration of the system and the dashboard, I could understand what it was capable of. And that was worrying for me because I saw that it was targeting voters and could reach them with AI deepfakes.”
Vincent Edward Reed, a former Elytron consultant between 2024 and 2025, provided the documents to Intercept Brasil. Reed said he broke with the company after seeing a demonstration of the system and its dashboard, which showed it could target voters with AI deepfakes.
Reed reported the operation to the FBI and the U.S. House Oversight Committee, but the investigations did not progress. There is no evidence that Flávio Bolsonaro or the Liberal Party used the system in the 2026 elections.
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