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AI Weekly Issue #539: AI-made midterm ads top $137 million, and 70% carry no AI label

Campaigns and PACs have spent more than $137 million on AI-generated or AI-enhanced midterm ads, and about 70% of them carry no AI label, the New York Times reported. The biggest pro-AI super PAC network paid about $20 million to a Nevada company that exists only as a post office box. A new report…

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  1. 2026-10-17 00:00 · AI Weekly
    AI Weekly Issue #539: AI-made midterm ads top $137 million, and 70% carry no AI label

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