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EPISODE · Mar 10, 2026 · 13 MIN

The newest political threat: AI-generated campaign ads!

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Mandie Landry is filing a bill aimed at one of the newest political threat: AI-generated campaign ads that look real but aren’t. As artificial intelligence starts creating fake images, voices, and videos of candidates, how close are we to the first fully synthetic political smear campaign, and can the law actually stop it? Mandie Landry, Louisiana State Representative, joins Ian Hoch to talk about that and other bills she's filed.

Mandie Landry is filing a bill aimed at one of the newest political threat: AI-generated campaign ads that look real but aren’t. As artificial intelligence starts creating fake images, voices, and videos of candidates, how close are we to the first fully synthetic political smear campaign, and can the law actually stop it? Mandie Landry, Louisiana State Representative, joins Ian Hoch to talk about that and other bills she's filed.

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Mandie Landry is filing a bill aimed at one of the newest political threat: AI-generated campaign ads that look real but aren’t. As artificial intelligence starts creating fake images, voices, and videos of candidates, how close are we to the first...

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