AI deepfake ads proliferate in US midterm campaigns, blurring truth for voters
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Political campaigns ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections have spent more than $80m on over 164 AI-generated ads, according to the Wesleyan Media Project, with Republican candidates and backers behind 80 percent of them. One ad by Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman showed AI-made footage of Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, who never participated; experts call such identifiably fake but attention-grabbing spots "slopaganda".
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