AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - GOP campaigns go all-in on AI, Dems not so much
Republicans are betting big on AI to defend their imperiled congressional majorities in the midterms — and not just to make cartoonish images of their opponents on TV and social media. The big picture: GOP strategists are using AI to quickly simulate voters' attitudes toward events such as the Iran war — and to scan millions of social media sites for up-to-the-second trends in public opinion. - On the horizon: AI agents interacting with voters by phone to try to persuade them to vote for GOP candidates, one Republican operative tells us. By contrast, Democratic operatives — many wary of privacy risks and worried what AI could mean for their jobs — have been much slower to adopt the technology in their campaigns. - The party,…