Elections & Speech
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Every measured gain and problem on the record for this topic, newest first.Too few to weigh yet. Updated .
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AI in elections and public speech
A Trace is one record with both a gain and a problem, so it counts on both sides: 4 records show a gain and 20 show a problem. 8 context records are in the record list but not counted, because they report no measured gain or problem.
| Evidence | Gain side | Problem side |
|---|---|---|
| HighStrong study design, backed by at least two independent sources | 1 | 0 |
| ModerateA measured study or an official source | 1 | 9 |
| EmergingEarly, small, unreviewed or reported second-hand | 2 | 11 |
By type of evidence: 8 news reports; 4 investigations by reporters; 4 surveys; 2 interview studies; 1 controlled comparison; 1 benchmark or lab test; 1 commentary or narrative review; 1 observational study. How evidence is scored
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In a survey of 1,795 Kazakh social media users, those who perceived algorithmic personalization sometimes reported a greater sense of control over their information choices.
In two experiments (280 and 232 people), those who checked a false claim about blood donation or hospice care with generative AI lost more trust in it than those who used a search engine, though effects were short-term.
A comparison of Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Myanmar found AI voter identification, registration and result monitoring streamlined election administration and improved voter-list accuracy.
A study of the 2025 German election found AI-generated posts drew more engagement than non-AI posts, but the boost was equal for major and minor parties, so minor parties gained no competitive advantage.
The same survey found people over-relied on labels: they believed false claims with human-made images more, and believed true claims with labeled AI images less.
Disclosure rules miss spending by consultants, media firms and independent committees, so the bulk of campaign AI use is likely hidden from public view.
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Ahead of the Victorian election this month, Victorian Labor posted an AI-generated video of Liberal leader Jess Wilson, voiced to sound like her, warning that a Liberal government would bring "Americanised healthcare" with $150,000 heart attack bills. Wilson never said this and called it a "desperate smear campaign".
The Guardian
Anthropic's September threat assessment described how its Claude model was used to build a commercial election manipulation platform aimed at Malaysian voters.
Research published in Tobacco Control found that bots submitted most responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill.
Spain's conservative People's party (PP) released a political ad this week on its official social media channels that used AI to manipulate the likenesses of people linked to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialist…
By October 2026, more than 150 midterm campaign commercials across the US focused on datacenters or the AI industry. Candidates in both parties accuse opponents of bringing unpopular facilities to local communities, and…
A qualitative interpretive study examined three Australian episodes involving AI-generated material on social media: the Georgie Purcell AI image controversy, the AI-generated Aboriginal Steve Irwin…
A quantitative study surveyed 133 volunteer students in a Primary Education degree program in the Region of Murcia, Spain.
Researchers tested ChatGPT by asking it to impersonate someone from a given side of the political spectrum and comparing those answers with its default responses.
Federal and state campaign finance disclosures show US campaigns and committees paying for AI products. FEC data back to 2020 show at least $17m across 523 federal candidates and campaigns.
Princeton postdoctoral researcher Max Springer used a $20 subscription to an AI large language model, plus early-voting lists and cast vote record files obtained through an Open Records Act request,…
On September 30, 2026, The Guardian reported a viral AI-generated fake image depicting College Park, Georgia mayor Bianca Motley Broom kissing a man who was not her husband in a bar, which spread…
On or before September 5, 2026, a viral video purportedly showing Pune activist Vidyanand Bapat dancing to DJ music was described as AI-generated.
On July 27, 2026, Free Press Journal reported on a viral social media post that claimed Kangana Ranaut asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appoint her as Education Minister and promised extra marks…
Between November 2024 and July 2025, researchers studied Ecuadorian perceptions of generative AI in the 2025 presidential election using surveys, expert interviews and sentiment analysis.
On 26 February 2026, reporting described a White House TikTok post after the US men's ice hockey gold-medal win over Canada that used an AI-generated video to show Brady Tkachuk insulting Canadians.
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