US state deepfake laws are already lagging AI political advertising in live campaigns.

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AI-generated political advertising is forcing states to confront a question their new election laws do not always answer cleanly: When does digitally altered campaign material become an illegal deepfake?

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Analyst rationale

The legal definition of a political deepfake is unresolved while campaigns are shipping synthetic ads. Classic civic-process risk with a synthetic-media system underneath.