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Politics● LowOct 2 · Oct 2, 2026, 11:02 AM

How American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Schneier · North America

This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The Guardian. New campaign finance disclosure data shines a light on which US political campaigns are using AI tools and how much they are spending on them. Candidates’, parties’ and committees’ spending reveals that AI is fast becoming an essential tool of politics. The candidates themselves are quiet about how they are using the technology in their own campaigns. It’s a sensitive issue that we have been tracking closely since we started writing our book, Rewiring Democracy...

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