AI Political Ads: $137 Million Spent, No Rules Apply
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Political campaigns have spent $137 million on artificial intelligence (AI) generated ads for the midterms. These ads are often cringeworthy. More importantly, the lack of regulation is warping our sense of what is real.
Opinion writer Rotimi Adeoye argues that this kind of political satire falls under First Amendment protection. However, he notes a key limit: “you should be free to fake a politician, but you shouldn’t be free to hide the fact that you did.”