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We are developing a list of resources and readings about ethics, AI and political communication. Below is some of what we’ve found so far. Please send me readings, podcasts, videos, whatever you’ve got that seems relevant and interesting, and we’ll keep adding to this list.
ChatGPT, ethics and political campaigns - Project on Ethics in Political Communication conversation with Prof. Dave Karpf, strategic consultant Zainab Chaudary, and GW student Yvonne Liccione.
A former student of mine named Jessica Nix, who is now a graduate student at Columbia University, asked ChatGPT about the ethics of using ChatGPT in campaigns. Here’s what it said.
ChatGPT is helping draft legislation - Washington Post
Political biases in ChatGPT, tweaking AI to generate bias - Rozado’s Visual Analytics
The right’s new culture-war target: ‘Woke AI’: ChatGPT and Bing are trying to stay out of politics — and failing - The Washington Post
Transforming the communication between citizens and government through AI-guided chatbots - Government Information Quarterly
AI/ChatGPT Lobbying - Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier - Washington Post
What AI Tools Like ChatGPT Mean for Political Consultants - Campaigns & Elections
It’s 2023. Consultants, Welcome to the Machine - Campaigns & Elections
The team tested how ChatGPT could be useful for Democracy Technologies - Democracy Technologies
How ChatGPT-3 Will Transform Politics (Probably For the Worse) - Micah L. Sifry, The Connector
ChatGPT is the future of politics - Conservative Home (UK)
Rep. Jake Auchincloss uses ChatGPT artificial intelligence to write House speech - WBZ
ChatGPT/Bing 2024: AI is better than no intelligence - Project director Peter Loge in The Hill
Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots - New York Times
ChatGPT: Use of AI chatbot in Congress and court rooms raises ethical questions - France24
As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology - New York Times
How ChatGPT Will Strain a Political System in Peril - The New Yorker
AI’s Powers of Political Persuasion - Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Rise of the Chatbot: Alabama lawmakers confront questions about artificial intelligence - AL.com
Progressive Tech Investors Want AI Offerings For Campaigns - Campaigns & Elections
AI Goes to K Street: ChatGPT Turns Lobbyist
Automated influence campaigns could spell trouble for society - Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum
How Political Campaigns Can Benefit from ChatGPT - BASK Insights (political consulting firm)
A Congressman Goes to A.I. School - HardFork Podcast
PoliScribe uses AI to draft messages and letters for Members of Congess - PoliScribe company website
Will ChatGPT Influence the 2024 Election? - Hugh Jones in Newsweek
Lieu's ChatGPT resolution seeks better understanding of AI - US Rep. Ted Lieu
”That resolution, while introduced by Lieu, wasn’t written by him, nor by a member of his staff. Rather, it was written by ChatGPT, “ - Office of Rep. Lieu
Conservatives Aim to Build a Chatbot of their Own - The New York Times
A Campaign Aide Didn’t Write That Email. A.I. Did. - The New York Times
How could ChatGPT and artificial intelligence change politics? - Deseret News
Can AI predict how you'll vote in the next election? - Science Daily
Meta won’t say if politicians can post AI-made fakes without warnings - Washington Post
Guidelines on Generative AI Tools - PR Council
AI and Political Campaigns: Let’s get real - Colin Delany Campaigns & Elections
GOP releases AI-generated ad to fearmonger over Biden’s reelection bid - ArsTechnica
Get Ready for the 2024 Deepfake Election - Wired
Writer, Adviser, Poet, Bot: How ChatGPT Could Transform Politics - Voice of America
The AI Political Campaign is Here - CNN
American Association of Political Consultants Board of Directors Unanimously Votes to Adopt New Policy for its Members - AAPC
How AI will transform the 2024 elections - Darrell West, the Brookings Institution
Political Consultants Embrace AI - But Will Clients Pay For It? - Campaigns & Elections
How AI Could Take Over Elections—And Undermine Democracy - Archon Fung and Lawrence Lessig, The Conversation (via Scientific American)
DeSantis campaign shares apparent AI-generated fake images of Trump and Fauci - NPR
Just Wait Until Trump is a Chatbot - Artificial intelligence is already showing up in political ads. Soon, it will completely change the nature of campaigning. Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier The Atlantic
Using AI to defend and win in politics - Higher Ground Labs
How AI Puts Elections at Risk — And the Needed Safeguards - Mekela Panditharatne and Noah Giansiracusa, Brennan Center
The Spring, 2023 issue of Media Ethics Magazine has several pieces on AI, ethics, politics and advocay.
A.I.’s Use in Elections Sets Off a Scramble for Guardrails - The New York Times
Scoop: Congress sets limits on staff ChatGPT use - Axios
The 2024 Presidential Race is the AI Election - Axios
How AI is Already Changing the 2024 Election - Axios
The AI race is on and strategists expect it will move quickly ahead of ‘24 - Campaigns & Elections
How an FEC deadlock is deterring a push to regulate AI in campaigns - The Hill
6 ways AI could make political campaigns even more deceptive - Fast Company
Six ways AI could change politics - Technology Review
The AI Revolution is Cancelled - Jordan Lieberman, Campaigns & Elections
FEC moves toward potentially regulating AI deepfakes in campaign ads - AP
Deepright - conservative AI campaign tool
Waiting for AI to transform politics? Don’t hold your breath - Micah L. Sifry
Agencies weigh the pros and cons of generative AI as political advertising grows - Digiday
Can AI images work for your campaign - Campaigns & Elections
Chat GPT breaks its own rules on political messages - Washington Post
AI will change American elections, but not in the obvious way - The Economist (paywall)
How worried should you be about AI disrupting elections? - The Economist (paywall)
AI Deepfakes in 2024 Election - Home Security Heroes (company)
Campaigns & Elections library of articles - Campaigns & Elections
Google to require disclosure of AI use in political ads - Politico
VoterVoice - Company
Using Generative AI for Human Rights Advocacy - Witness (advocacy organization)
Poll: Americans believe AI will hurt elections - Axios
The DeSantis Campaign Texted Me with a Large Language Model - Alan Johnson
Candidates, take this AI election pledge. Or 2024 might break us. - Geoffrey Fowler, Washington Post
Meta to Require Political Advertisers to Disclose Use of A.I. - New York Times
The New Political Ad Machine: Policy frameworks for political ads in an age of AI - Scott Babwah Brennen and Matt Perault, UNC - Chapel Hill
AI use in political campaigns raising red flags into 2024 election - ABC News
Is Argentina the First AI Election? - The New York Times
Meta bars political advertisers from using generative AI tools - Reuters
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Elections and Campaigns - National Conference of State Legislatures
How AI is Rewriting Political Advertising (interview about The New Political Ad Machine) - Shane Tews, American Enterprise Institute
Michigan to join state-level effort to regulate AI political ads as federal legislation is pending - AP
(Updated 11/29/23)