Ethics, AI, and Politics - Reading List

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We are developing a list of resources and readings about ethics, AI and political communication. Below is some of what we’ve found so far. Please send me readings, podcasts, videos, whatever you’ve got that seems relevant and interesting, and we’ll keep adding to this list.

ChatGPT, ethics and political campaigns - Project on Ethics in Political Communication conversation with Prof. Dave Karpf, strategic consultant Zainab Chaudary, and GW student Yvonne Liccione.

A former student of mine named Jessica Nix, who is now a graduate student at Columbia University, asked ChatGPT about the ethics of using ChatGPT in campaigns. Here’s what it said.

ChatGPT is helping draft legislation - Washington Post

Political biases in ChatGPT, tweaking AI to generate bias - Rozado’s Visual Analytics

The right’s new culture-war target: ‘Woke AI’: ChatGPT and Bing are trying to stay out of politics — and failing - The Washington Post

Transforming the communication between citizens and government through AI-guided chatbots - Government Information Quarterly

AI/ChatGPT Lobbying - Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier - Washington Post

What AI Tools Like ChatGPT Mean for Political Consultants - Campaigns & Elections

It’s 2023. Consultants, Welcome to the Machine - Campaigns & Elections

The team tested how ChatGPT could be useful for Democracy Technologies - Democracy Technologies

How ChatGPT-3 Will Transform Politics (Probably For the Worse) - Micah L. Sifry, The Connector

ChatGPT is the future of politics - Conservative Home (UK)

Rep. Jake Auchincloss uses ChatGPT artificial intelligence to write House speech - WBZ

ChatGPT/Bing 2024: AI is better than no intelligence - Project director Peter Loge in The Hill

Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots - New York Times

ChatGPT: Use of AI chatbot in Congress and court rooms raises ethical questions - France24

As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology - New York Times

How ChatGPT Will Strain a Political System in Peril - The New Yorker

AI’s Powers of Political Persuasion - Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Rise of the Chatbot: Alabama lawmakers confront questions about artificial intelligence - AL.com

Progressive Tech Investors Want AI Offerings For Campaigns - Campaigns & Elections

AI Goes to K Street: ChatGPT Turns Lobbyist

Automated influence campaigns could spell trouble for society - Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum

How Political Campaigns Can Benefit from ChatGPT - BASK Insights (political consulting firm)

A Congressman Goes to A.I. School - HardFork Podcast

PoliScribe uses AI to draft messages and letters for Members of Congess - PoliScribe company website

Will ChatGPT Influence the 2024 Election? - Hugh Jones in Newsweek

Lieu's ChatGPT resolution seeks better understanding of AI - US Rep. Ted Lieu
”That resolution, while introduced by Lieu, wasn’t written by him, nor by a member of his staff. Rather, it was written by ChatGPT, “ - Office of Rep. Lieu

Conservatives Aim to Build a Chatbot of their Own - The New York Times

A Campaign Aide Didn’t Write That Email. A.I. Did. - The New York Times

How could ChatGPT and artificial intelligence change politics? - Deseret News

Can AI predict how you'll vote in the next election? - Science Daily

Meta won’t say if politicians can post AI-made fakes without warnings - Washington Post

Guidelines on Generative AI Tools - PR Council

AI and Political Campaigns: Let’s get real - Colin Delany Campaigns & Elections

GOP releases AI-generated ad to fearmonger over Biden’s reelection bid - ArsTechnica

Get Ready for the 2024 Deepfake Election - Wired

Writer, Adviser, Poet, Bot: How ChatGPT Could Transform Politics - Voice of America

The AI Political Campaign is Here - CNN

American Association of Political Consultants Board of Directors Unanimously Votes to Adopt New Policy for its Members - AAPC

How AI will transform the 2024 elections - Darrell West, the Brookings Institution

Political Consultants Embrace AI - But Will Clients Pay For It? - Campaigns & Elections

How AI Could Take Over Elections—And Undermine Democracy - Archon Fung and Lawrence Lessig, The Conversation (via Scientific American)

DeSantis campaign shares apparent AI-generated fake images of Trump and Fauci - NPR

Just Wait Until Trump is a Chatbot - Artificial intelligence is already showing up in political ads. Soon, it will completely change the nature of campaigning. Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier The Atlantic

Using AI to defend and win in politics - Higher Ground Labs

How AI Puts Elections at Risk — And the Needed Safeguards - Mekela Panditharatne and Noah Giansiracusa, Brennan Center

The Spring, 2023 issue of Media Ethics Magazine has several pieces on AI, ethics, politics and advocay.

A.I.’s Use in Elections Sets Off a Scramble for Guardrails - The New York Times

Scoop: Congress sets limits on staff ChatGPT use - Axios

The 2024 Presidential Race is the AI Election - Axios

How AI is Already Changing the 2024 Election - Axios

The AI race is on and strategists expect it will move quickly ahead of ‘24 - Campaigns & Elections

How an FEC deadlock is deterring a push to regulate AI in campaigns - The Hill

6 ways AI could make political campaigns even more deceptive - Fast Company

Six ways AI could change politics - Technology Review

The AI Revolution is Cancelled - Jordan Lieberman, Campaigns & Elections

FEC moves toward potentially regulating AI deepfakes in campaign ads - AP

Deepright - conservative AI campaign tool

Waiting for AI to transform politics? Don’t hold your breath - Micah L. Sifry

Agencies weigh the pros and cons of generative AI as political advertising grows - Digiday

Can AI images work for your campaign - Campaigns & Elections

Chat GPT breaks its own rules on political messages - Washington Post

AI will change American elections, but not in the obvious way - The Economist (paywall)

How worried should you be about AI disrupting elections? - The Economist (paywall)

AI Deepfakes in 2024 Election - Home Security Heroes (company)

Campaigns & Elections library of articles - Campaigns & Elections

Google to require disclosure of AI use in political ads - Politico

VoterVoice - Company

Using Generative AI for Human Rights Advocacy - Witness (advocacy organization)

Poll: Americans believe AI will hurt elections - Axios

The DeSantis Campaign Texted Me with a Large Language Model - Alan Johnson

Candidates, take this AI election pledge. Or 2024 might break us. - Geoffrey Fowler, Washington Post

Meta to Require Political Advertisers to Disclose Use of A.I. - New York Times

The New Political Ad Machine: Policy frameworks for political ads in an age of AI - Scott Babwah Brennen and Matt Perault, UNC - Chapel Hill

AI use in political campaigns raising red flags into 2024 election - ABC News

Is Argentina the First AI Election? - The New York Times

Meta bars political advertisers from using generative AI tools - Reuters

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Elections and Campaigns - National Conference of State Legislatures

How AI is Rewriting Political Advertising (interview about The New Political Ad Machine) - Shane Tews, American Enterprise Institute

Michigan to join state-level effort to regulate AI political ads as federal legislation is pending - AP

(Updated 11/29/23)