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This week in AI: Campaigns and PACs have spent more than $137 million on AI-generated or AI-enhanced midterm ads, and about 70% of them carry no AI label, the New York Times reported. Updated 2026-10-17

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#539 AI-made midterm ads top $137 million, and 70% carry no AI label

Campaigns and PACs have spent more than $137 million on AI-generated or AI-enhanced midterm ads, and about 70% of them carry no AI label, the New York Times reported. The biggest pro-AI super PAC network paid about $20 million to a Nevada company that exists only as a post office box. A new report found 81 of 134 AI models failed a test built from terrorist-style questions. A video game reverse engineering site is closing because AI made the work too easy. Some companies that rushed into AI are ...

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#539 AI-made midterm ads top $137 million, and 70% carry no AI label
Campaigns and PACs have spent more than $137 million on AI-generated or AI-enhanced midterm ads, and about 70% of them carry no AI label, the New York Times reported. The biggest pro-AI super PAC network paid about $20 million to a Nevada company that exists only as a post office box. A new report found 81 of 134 AI models failed a test built from terrorist-style questions. A video game reverse engineering site is closing because AI made the work too easy. Some companies that rushed into AI are ...
2026-10-17
#537 AI models may soon copy themselves onto smart fridges, Anthropic says
#536 Top AI models failed a test of inventing new AI research
#535 AI got too expensive, so companies are moving to cheaper models
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