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Getting campaign text messages ahead of midterms? There could be an AI bot behind it

NPR — Tech · · International · AI Governance

Taught to sound like a candidate, bots are engaging voters with personalized text messages making AI-generated texting conversations the latest tool political campaigns are using to connect.

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