How American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools (www.schneier.com)
<p><em>This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/29/political-campaigns-ai-tools-spending">The Guardian</a>.</em></p>
<p>New campaign finance disclosure data shines a light on which US political campaigns are using AI tools and how much they are spending on them.</p>
<p>Candidates’, parties’ and committees’ <a href="https://github.com/nesanders/federal-campaign-disclosure-ai/tree/claude/campaign-ai-usage-dashboard-0pzili/data/processed">spending</a> reveals that AI is fast becoming an essential tool of politics. The candidates themselves are quiet about how they are using the technology in their own campaigns<em>.</em> It’s a sensitive issue that we have been tracking closely since we started writing our book, <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049948/rewiring-democracy/">Rewiring Democracy...</a></p>
<p>New campaign finance disclosure data shines a light on which US political campaigns are using AI tools and how much they are spending on them.</p>
<p>Candidates’, parties’ and committees’ <a href="https://github.com/nesanders/federal-campaign-disclosure-ai/tree/claude/campaign-ai-usage-dashboard-0pzili/data/processed">spending</a> reveals that AI is fast becoming an essential tool of politics. The candidates themselves are quiet about how they are using the technology in their own campaigns<em>.</em> It’s a sensitive issue that we have been tracking closely since we started writing our book, <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049948/rewiring-democracy/">Rewiring Democracy...</a></p>
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