GOP Presidential Campaign Using AI Chatbot to Respond to Voters

President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez speaks during an event of bipartisan mayors attending the Conference's Winter Meeting, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 20, 2023. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

A super PAC supporting Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to answer queries about him, marking yet another instance of the use of generative AI in 2024 presidential campaigns.

The SOS America PAC bot unveiled on July 5 listens to a user’s queries and combines them with video responses created by an AI-powered avatar designed to appear and sound like Mr. Suarez.