AI Is Changing How Politics Is Practiced in America

AI's influence on the 2026 electoral cycle will be greater than what many feared leading to 2024, warn Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders. In a new piece for The American Prospect, the pair identify three distinct electoral elements - campaigns, organizers, and citizenry - on which AI is expected to have enormous impacts. In the meantime, they note that the AI experimentation currently underway can tell us what to expect in future elections.