Politico September 30, 2024
Most campaigns have strayed away from using artificial intelligence in campaign ads.
But one Democratic donor is embracing the technology in the high-stakes race for governor of North Carolina. Todd Stiefel, founder of Americans for Prosparody — an outside group that’s spoofing the GOP outfit Americans for Prosperity — said the group is spending around $1 million on an AI-generated ad that parodies Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the GOP’s embattled candidate for the open gubernatorial seat, by recreating his image and voice to highlight some of his controversial views.
In the ad, running on television and digital platforms in the state, the fake Robinson is shown speaking to a crowd saying things like “wicked people need to be killed” (a...
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