How American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools
New campaign finance disclosure data reveals how much US political campaigns, parties, and committees are spending on AI tools, according to analysis published in The Guardian. Campaigns themselves have been largely silent about the specific ways they are deploying the technology.
Why this matters: Political campaigns are using AI, and they do not want to talk about it. That gap matters. Campaign finance disclosures can show you where money is going, but they cannot tell you what the AI is actually doing — whether it is writing targeted messages, modeling voter behavior, or generating ads designed to move specific people. Voters are the ones being targeted. They deserve to know what tools are being used to persuade them, and campaigns have every incentive to keep that quiet.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · AI governance · Policy
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