How A.I. Is Making Voter Microtargeting Easier Than Ever

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCampaigns are using artificial intelligence to send hyper-personalized messages to individual voters, with precision the New York Times calls a new frontier for outreach and for disinformation.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo every voter gets their own ad, written for them. That's a group chat where everyone is talking to a different person.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Wesleyan Media Project, which tracks AI-generated political ads, identified two hundred twenty of them in October alone.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo hundred twenty is a lot of ads. Campaigns go where the attention is, and now the attention is in the chatbot.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHere's the number that ruins it. In a survey, only one percent of respondents called AI their most credible source of election information.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne percent call it credible. One in five plan to ask it who to vote for. Same people, probably.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwice that share has already gotten election details from an AI search summary.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAn adviser told The Atlantic, quote, we're campaigning for the AI vote now. You can't door-knock it. It's already home.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAs a scientist, I'd note the sample is one percent trusting and one hundred percent being flattered.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA one percent credibility rating, and a cottage industry advising candidates on what it says about them.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe chatbot gets every ad, every pitch, and every adviser, and it's the only one in the race without a ballot.