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‘Want some crack?’ Alarms blare as Republicans unleash tsunami of deepfaked attack ads

Republicans and their allies are flooding the 2026 midterms with attack ads made with artificial intelligence, and election laws are struggling to keep pace. The Wesleyan Media Project found that $137 million had been spent on 220 AI-generated political ads through Oct. 11, and most of that came from Republicans, reported Axios . Many of the ads put…

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