$137M in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms

elicash 34 points 3 comments October 16, 2026
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vkou

Putting more political power into the hands of people with deeper pockets (the ones who own the systems, and the ones who pay to use them). What could be fairer and freer than that? Is this what the transistor was invented for?

bentt

We could really use some laws to prevent this. Too bad the people that make the laws really enjoy lying with deepfakes.

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