AI videos have gone fully mainstream in political campaigns, and lawmakers are grappling with what it could mean for politics — and maybe their own careers.
“We need to have a big conversation on AI,” said Sen. Josh Hawley, one of the leading Republicans pushing for AI regulation. “Because pretty soon like everything, if we don’t have limits, all of it’s gonna be fake — every single thing.”
In only a few months, AI has become commonplace in the feeds of political leaders like President Donald Trump, who often shares AI content of himself and his opponents on his Truth Social account, including last weekend’s video of the president dropping feces out of a plane onto protesters.