Inside the Secretive, Contradictory World of Campaign Ads Funded by AI Super PACs

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Become a member and support our work here. An online ad for Ben McAdams, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Utah, emphasised that he could be trusted because he “fought back against MAGA”. Source: Think Big / Google Ad Transparency Center In Texas, another ad promoted Republican candidate Chris Gober, calling him a “MAGA warrior”. Source: American Mission / Google Ad Transparency Center What’s interesting is that both ads were ultimately paid for with money from the same organisation – Leading the Future (LTF), a Super PAC which opposes regulations that “constrain” innovation in AI. The network has...

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