Politicians are being sold AI-powered 'digital fighters'

Someone Is Manipulating Your AI to Swing Your Vote | VisionHeight

A network of 37 anonymous “local news” sites, set up in a single evening, is feeding ready-made midterm answers to the AI chatbots voters increasingly consult.

Your Online Public Engagement is Under Attack from AI

In Los Angeles and elsewhere, AI agents are diluting communities' voices and influencing how decision-makers vote.

There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online.

How Technology Is Shaping Modern Politics

Discover how technology is reshaping politics, from digital campaigns to AI, and the challenges of misinformation and election security.

AI-driven Bot Attacks Surged 12.5x According to Thales Bad Bot Report

Bots now dominate the internet, accounting for over half of all traffic, with 40% classified as malicious.AI is erasing the line between legitimate and maliciou

‘Pink Slime’ Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms

Partisan websites disguised as independent, local news outlets are shaping chatbots’ responses about key races.

To block, or not to block, AI bots: It’s a prisoner’s dilemma

Back in July, when Bay City News Foundation first began to track AI bot traffic on its news website, LocalNewsMatters.org, the referral rate of humans

Michael Geist -

The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology is one of several committees in the House and Senate conducting hearings on artificial intelligence. I appeared before the committee yesterday (my fourth appearance on the issue in recent months), but rather than reiterate previous testimony on privacy, copyright, and transparency, I focused on the big issue of the moment: bans on social media and AI chatbots for children. The committee had been hearing from many supportive witnesses who emphasized the risk of harm associated with AI. Indeed, one Senator asked the panel before mine to raise their hands if they supported a ban, and virtually all hands went up. I was unsure about how my comments would be received, but I found the Senators open to debate on the issue. A video of my opening remarks, together with the transcript, is posted below. A future Law Bytes podcast episode will delve into the discussion that followed.

Unauthorised AI Bots on Reddit are Eroding Sociality

Where do we go if online discourse is overrun by AI bots?

May 2025 — AI Misinformation Monitor of Leading AI Chatbots

Every month, NewsGuard’s team of expert analysts audit the top AI models to see how well they respond to prompts in the news. On average, this month they failed to counter disinformation from Russia’s Pravda Network 24 percent of the time, either spreading false claims or failing to respond. The Pravda network was designed to infect the AI models.

Experts Warn of AI Swarms Hijacking Democracy With Fake Citizens

Researchers warn of the growing risk of massive AI swarms manipulating popular sentiment and upending democracy as we know it.

The AI influence network's power players

Millions of dollars are pouring into state and federal races specifically around AI.

We asked AI chatbots to make voter guides. They invented races and misidentified candidates.

Analyzing AI-generated voter guides for addresses in every county in the U.S. showed that the chatbots often made errors.

AI Chatbots Are Blocked by 67% of Top News Sites, Relying Instead on Low-Quality Sources

By Jack Brewster, Zack Fishman, and Isaiah Glick | Published on Sept. 16, 2024

The fight over downloadable AI is not really about a ban - Sensemaker

Companies want access, Anthropic wants testing, and Washington and Beijing are arguing over alleged copying.