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AI-Generated Ads Flood Midterm Election Cycle

Political campaigns are adopting the use of artificial intelligence to analyze data and easily get messages out to voters. But the rapidly advancing technology is also increasingly showing up in attack ads raising concerns about blurring the lines between replica and reality. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.

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