Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Political campaigns in Rhode Island are increasingly using AI to generate campaign materials, including negative advertisements. Can–and should–there be more guardrails on how the technology is used in elections? Lively Host Jim Hummel unpacks the controversy with Providence Journal reporter Antonia Noori Farzan and WPRI Politics & Business Editor Ted Nesi.

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