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Wesleyan Media Project: political campaigns spent ~$187M on ~300 AI-generated or AI-enhanced ads in the midterms; 90% of tracked AI ads were for GOP candidates (Loreben Tuquero/Poynter)

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/ai-generated-political-ads-2026-midterm-elections/
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Wesleyan Media Project: political campaigns spent ~$187M on ~300 AI-generated or AI-enhanced ads in the midterms; 90% of tracked AI ads were for GOP candidates

By Loreben Tuquero / Poynter. View the full context on Techmeme.

Poynter

Political campaigns spent $187 million promoting AI-generated ads in the 2026 midterms. Did they work? - Poynter

Deepfakes and AI-enhanced imagery became commonplace, but campaigns remained wary of voter backlash and the risks of misleading political content

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