China’s Five-Year Employment Plan Makes Tracking AI’s Job Impact A National Priority
China’s State Council signed its 2026 to 2030 employment plan on June 11 and published it on June 17. It calls for research into a system to track AI’s effect…
The First AI-Industry Super PAC Enters The General Election
Leading the Future, a super PAC funded by AI industry money, launched its first general-election advertising this week backing Senate Republican candidates, including nearly $1 million in support of South…
Campaigns Are Deploying AI Voice Bots That Hold Multi-Hour Conversations With Voters
Reporting describes the 2026 cycle as the first true AI election, with campaigns training conversational bots in a candidate’s voice that engage individual voters for hours, generating granular data on…
Campaigns Deploy AI Agents To Mass-Produce Synthetic Voters And Pre-Test Messaging Before It Reaches Real People
Political operatives are now running AI agents that generate synthetic voter personas and test campaign messages against them before deployment, while text bots trained to hold hours-long conversations in a…