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Why it matters: This largely unregulated practice is warping the unspoken norms of political campaigns and blurring the line
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The latest spot to push the envelope is an attack ad against Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico from a President Trump-aligned group called Citizens for Sanity.
Key facts
- While the Texas Senate race has been a hotbed of AI use, Republicans John Cornyn and Ken Paxton and Democrat Jasmine Crockett all utilized it to some extent in the primaries, it is far from the only
- In Georgia, gubernatorial candidate Brad Raffensperger used AI in multiple ads to depict his GOP primary opponents wildly shooting guns in the air and fighting each other with pugil sticks
- The latest spot to push the envelope is an attack ad against Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico from a President Trump-aligned group called Citizens for Sanity
- Campaign ads featuring AI-generated clips and images once sounded like a laughable concept
Summary
Campaign ads featuring AI-generated clips and images once sounded like a laughable concept. This largely unregulated practice is warping the unspoken norms of political campaigns and blurring the line between truth and fiction. Some campaigns voluntarily disclose this AI use, but it's not required. Democrats want to change that if they retake control of Congress in November.