EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT.

I'M RICH LENZ.

THE ERA OF AI CREATED POLITICAL ADS IS WELL UNDERWAY.

THE COMMERCIALS CAN BE FUNNY OR INFURIATING DEPENDING ON WHO'S ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE OFTEN INACCURATE AND OUTRAGEOUS ADS.

SHOULD THESE VERY REALISTIC LOOKING SPOTS BE OUTLAWED?

RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT IN OKLAHOMA.

NOAH MACK JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THAT.

NOAH.

WELL, RICH, THIS WEEK, THE ETHICS COMMISSION DISCUSSED RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO REGULATE AI POLITICAL ADS.

THERE HAVE BEEN BILLS WRITTEN, BUT NONE OF THEM MADE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

BUT NOW, HOW MUCH WILL THIS NOVEL TOOL CHANGE?

CAMPAIGNING.

LISTEN TO WHAT OKLAHOMANS ARE SAYING ABOUT BOB KERR.

POLITICAL TV ADS.

THEY'VE BEEN GRAZING THE AMERICAN SCREENS FOR OVER 70 YEARS.

EVERYBODY LIKES IKE FOR PRESIDENT, ALWAYS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER NEW TECHNOLOGY OR TREND ENTERS THE ZEITGEIST.

THIS SUMMER, ONE MAN IN AN EPIC BATTLE TO RESTORE HONESTY, COMPETENCE, LEADERSHIP TODAY'S SHINY NEW TOY IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

MEGAPHONE.

TRANSGENDER ALLY BANANA.

CHUCK MCCALL JUST TOO WOKE FOR OKLAHOMA.

GENERATIVE AI CAN CREATE REALISTIC IMAGERY OF PEOPLE DOING AND SAYING THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

MAGA PHONY MIKE MAZIE WOULD HAND 1 BILLION IN OKLAHOMA TAXPAYER MONEY TO MUSLIM INVESTORS TO BUILD A SMELTER PLANT, SOMETHING THE OKLAHOMA ETHICS COMMISSION FINDS CONCERNING.

YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK AI HAS HAS ANY LEGITIMATE PLACE IN ELECTIONEERING.

I JUST CAN'T SEE IT.

AND WITH THE ADS THAT WE HAD IN OKLAHOMA OVER THIS PRIMARY SEASON, IT DID NOTHING BUT REINFORCE MY OPINION.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEE ANN BRUCE BOONE PROPOSED THE CASE STUDY OF MARYLAND.

THE STATE RECENTLY OUTLAWED DEEPFAKES WITH THE INTENT TO SWAY VOTERS, CODIFYING IT AS ELECTION FRAUD.

SHE SAYS OKLAHOMA COULD TAKE THIS APPROACH WITH ROLES FOR BOTH THE LEGISLATURE AND ETHICS COMMISSION.

WE COULD REQUIRE DISCLOSURE ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S AI GENERATED OR MATERIAL ALTERED AND HAVE THAT INCLUDE A DISCLAIMER VERY CLEARLY, WHETHER IT'S ON A MEDIA AD, WHETHER IT'S ON A MAILER THAT COMES TO YOUR HOME, WHETHER IT'S A TEXT MESSAGE.

BUT IT WOULD REALLY BE A TWO TRACK EFFORT BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE COULD TAKE THE STEP.

AND THIS, AGAIN, IS WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW AND THEIR DECISION MAKING ROLE TO PROHIBIT DEEPFAKES.

IN PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, THERE WERE BILLS WRITTEN TO THROTTLE DEEPFAKES, MAINLY FOCUSED ON ENFORCING DISCLAIMERS AND SETTING UP PARAMETERS FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY.

ALL THOSE BILLS FAILED.

THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK FROM SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THOUGHT SOME OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS WOULD SAY, WE'RE TRYING TO STIFLE FREE SPEECH, AND I JUST COULDN'T GET PAST THAT.

YEAH, WE WERE TRYING TO STIFLE FREE SPEECH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TRUE SPEECH AS WELL.

SENATOR BILL COLEMAN IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THESE EFFORTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT SOMETHING BE DONE LEGISLATIVELY AS THE IMAGERY BECOMES HARDER TO DECIPHER.

YOU KNOW, WE SAW A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE GIVING HILLARY CLINTON A HUG THIS LAST GO AROUND.

CLINTON LOVER, TRUMP HATER, THAT'S MIKE MAZIE.

THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

I MEAN, IT'S VERY SLICK LOOKING.

IT LOOKED REAL TO ME.

WHAT THE VIEWER OR THE LISTENER IS SEEING OR HEARING NEEDS TO BE INFORMED VERY THOROUGHLY THAT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING OR HEARING IS NOT TRUE.

RECENTLY, GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT SAID HE WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER CALLING A SPECIAL SESSION TO OUTLAW DECEPTIVE AI GENERATED POLITICAL CONTENT.

AND THAT'S JUST SOUND BITES HE WANTED.

YEAH, HE'S NOT GOING TO DO THAT, FORMER REPRESENTATIVE MARK MCBRIDE, TERMED OUT AND NOT RUNNING FOR ANY OFFICE, IS WATCHING THIS ELECTION SEASON UNFOLD FROM A NEW VANTAGE POINT.

THE WHOLE BANANA THING WAS FUNNY, AND WHAT THEY DID WITH IT WAS FUNNY.

I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS STUPID COMMERCIAL THAT HE DID.

ANYWAY, YOU FIRST.

MCBRIDE, AN ELECTION VETERAN, BELIEVES GENERATIVE AI DOESN'T DRASTICALLY CHANGE POLITICS.

IT'S IN A WAY, NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT.

IT'S JUST YOU CAN GET REALLY WAY MORE GRAPHICS INTO IT.

LIKE YOU CAN HAVE AN ALLIGATOR SWIMMING THROUGH THE SWAMPS, YOU KNOW, NOW RATHER THAN JUST A PHOTO.

IF WE'RE GOING TO DEFEAT THE SWAMP, WE MUST DEFEAT JOHN ECCLES.

TV POLITICAL ADS DATE BACK TO THE 1950S, AND O U HAS THE LARGEST COLLECTION IN THE WORLD.

GENERAL, JUST HOW BAD IS WASTE IN WASHINGTON?

RECENTLY, JUST ONE GOVERNMENT BUREAU ACTUALLY LOST $400 MILLION O U. ARCHIVIST CLAIRE CHANDLER SPENDS A LOT OF TIME DRUDGING THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S TREASURE TROVE OF POLITICAL COMMERCIALS.

REALLY, A LOT OF THE ADS FROM THAT ERA ARE LIKE GUY SITTING AT A DESK, AND HE HAS HIS NAMEPLATE SO YOU CAN KNOW HIS NAME, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO IN AFTERWARDS AND ADD TEXT.

THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES HAS EXPANDED THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS TOOLKIT, MCBRIDE REMEMBERS WHEN PHOTOSHOP WAS IN VOGUE.

ALL THOSE AFRICAN KIDS, I WAS IN THE BUSH AFRICA, IN THE SUDAN, AND THEY PHOTOSHOPPED ALL THE KIDS OUT OF THE PICTURE AND MADE ME LOOK LIKE A, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT THIS GUY FOR YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE?

SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED.

IT'S JUST IT'S GOT MORE TECHNICAL.

AND CLAIRE AGREES THE SAME POLITICAL TACTICS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES.

AND TODAY THEY HAVE A NEW OUTFIT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, THEY CAN USE GENERATIVE AI TO LIKE MAKE PEOPLE SAY THINGS THEY NEVER SAID.

AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH, WELL, THEY WOULD JUST DO A VOICE OVER.

CHRIS, THANKS FOR YOUR VOTES AGAINST CRACKING DOWN ON PRICE GOUGING.

WE OWE YOU BIG OIL.

MY OIL STOCKS ARE NOW WORTH OVER $300,000.

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.

CLAIRE BELIEVES AI IS HERE TO STAY IN SOME CAPACITY AS IT FARES WELL IN THE AGE OF THE ATTENTION ECONOMY.

GENERATIVE AI IS VERY GOOD AT LIKE TAKING STUFF OFF THE INTERNET AND MAKING THINGS THAT LIKE GRAB PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.

AND I THINK THAT POLITICAL ADS ARE THE IDEA OF THEM IS TO GRAB ATTENTION.

AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WHERE IT'S JUST BECOME MORE JUST LIKE MUDSLINGING, ESSENTIALLY.

SENATOR COLEMAN EXPECTS THE AUGUST RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR WHETHER THE GOVERNOR CALLS A SPECIAL SESSION.

IN ANY CASE, COLEMAN ANTICIPATES LEGISLATION TO PASS NEXT