Political Strategists Are Hacking AI To Influence Voters

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. Thinking of consulting an AI chatbot to research candidates and issues before Election Day? Think again. Political influence campaigns are turning artificial intelligence chatbots into political operatives, exploiting some of the greatest weaknesses of AI models to get their message out to voters. Strategists are encouraging candidates from both parties to publish information that can easily be picked up by AI bots and are creating their own tools to track how chatbots talk to voters about their campaigns. “Imagine knowing which outlets, phrases, or spokespersons are disproportionately influential in the AI’s ‘mind’ — and securing your place in those exact...

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