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Becerra's film policy page may have been written by AI, Variety says

The campaign page runs sixteen hundred words, and an AI-detection tool called Pangram suggests artificial intelligence may have helped; the promises, at least, are hard to find.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on The Midday Show
Published 12:51 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by Variety: “Xavier Becerra’s Film Policy Is Vague. Was It Written by AI?”
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 12:51 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.
Topics: AI.

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What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVariety reports that Xavier Becerra's campaign website has a Hollywood page, sixteen hundred words long, and it may have been written with artificial intelligence, according to a detector called Pangram.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe headline promise is that California is the home of film and TV and we intend to keep it that way.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a tagline, not a policy.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI love it already! It's got heart, it's got a title, it's basically a movie.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHave you read it?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNot a word, Hank, and I'm told that's the same number of concrete promises in it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLong on platitudes, short on specifics.

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