CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A drag queen featured in an allegedly AI-generated political ad in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District race says she sent a cease-and-desist letter to congressional candidate Jennifer Balkcom and the North Carolina GOP.
She claims her image was used without her permission, and she’s asking them to take the ad down.
Artificial intelligence is being used more in political campaigns.
Wesleyan University is tracking this, and it says campaigns and political action committees have already spent more than $137 million on AI ads this year alone.
Jamie Ager has made square dancing a signature of his campaign, a tradition as popular
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