{
  "id": 19498052,
  "title": "Wesleyan Media Project: political campaigns spent ~$187M on ~300 AI-generated or AI-enhanced ads in the midterms; 90% of tracked AI ads were for GOP candidates (Loreben Tuquero/Poynter)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/wesleyan-media-project-political-campaigns-spent-187m-on-300-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-11T13:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/ai-generated-political-ads-2026-midterm-elections/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Deepfakes and AI-enhanced imagery became commonplace, but campaigns remained wary of voter backlash and the risks of misleading political content",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}