US political candidates tailor messages for AI models used by voters

Reuters reports that US political campaigns are engineering messages to appeal to the AI chatbots voters now consult, citing strategy documents for the campaign of Massachusetts challenger Mike Minogue that propose hundreds of AI-friendly policy pages and paid placements on sites chatbots cite. About 25% of eligible voters have asked a chatbot about a candidate when deciding how to vote, according to the National Conference on Citizenship. Why it matters: it marks the shift from search-engine optimisation to generative-engine optimisation ahead of the 2028 cycle, raising misinformation concerns as chatbots answer authoritatively from unvetted sources.

• Hacker News (AI)2026-10-26 22:58