{"id":1967099,"date":"2023-07-07T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T22:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-campaign-using-ai-chatbot-to-respond-to-voters\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T18:50:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T22:50:11","slug":"gop-presidential-campaign-using-ai-chatbot-to-respond-to-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-campaign-using-ai-chatbot-to-respond-to-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP campaign uses AI chatbot to engage with voters."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-presidential-campaign-using-ai-chatbot-to-respond-to-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<p>A super PAC supporting Miami Mayor Francis Suarez\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>The SOS America PAC bot unveiled on July 5 listens to a user\u2019s queries and combines them with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sosamericapac\/status\/1676705996369018881?s=20\">video responses<\/a> created by an AI-powered avatar designed to appear and sound like Mr. Suarez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHi, I\u2019m AI Francis Suarez,\u201d<\/strong> the bot says to introduce itself, its mouth moving in a way that attempts to imitate human speech.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYou\u2019ve probably heard that my namesake, conservative Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, is running for president. I\u2019m here to answer questions you may have about Mayor Suarez\u2019s proven agenda for economic prosperity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pop-singer-richard-marx-attacks-rand-paul-id-hug-the-neighbor-who-assaulted-him\/\" title=\"Pop Singer Richard Marx Attacks Rand Paul: I\u2019d Hug The Neighbor Who Assaulted Him\">cutting spending<\/a> and supporting our police. So, how can I help?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the PAC or campaign is concerned about the potential corruptibility of AI or of alienating those more traditional GOP voters with the use of the technology, the PAC responded, saying the bot helps bring the mayor\u2019s message to more people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe created AI Francis Suarez to help communicate the Mayor\u2019s message of bringing the Miami Model to the rest of the country,\u201d SOS America PAC Spokesman Miami Chapin Fay told The Epoch Times. \u201cAI Francis Suarez is just one tool we are deploying to communicate with Republican primary voters, along with plenty of other traditional and cutting-edge tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson went on to say, \u201cMayor Francis Suarez was a leader in technology in government and ran what is now one of the safest, most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-campaign-using-ai-chatbot-to-respond-to-voters\/\" title=\"GOP campaign uses AI chatbot to engage with voters.\">economically prosperous big cities<\/a> in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How the Chat Bot Works<\/h2>\n<p>The application is enabled by VideoAsk, a software product developed by Typeform for use in sales and recruiting. According to the product\u2019s website, clients can construct \u201cvideo funnels\u201d that direct visitors down various paths based on the questions they pose, allowing users to \u201cchoose their own adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chatbot does not appear to directly address a user\u2019s queries; rather, it directs them to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-target-in-kabul-drone-strike-was-aid-worker-no-ties-to-isis-or-secondary-explosion-nyt-reports\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Target In Kabul Drone Strike Was Aid Worker, No Ties To ISIS Or Secondary Explosion, NYT Reports\">relevant video<\/a> on Mr. Suarez\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about Mr. Suarez\u2019s immigration plan, for instance, the AI begins to play a 55-second video titled \u201cMayor Suarez\u2019s Miami Model\u201d that discusses a variety of topics, such as \u201ceconomic prosperity in Miami,\u201d unemployment rates, job creation, homicide rates, and homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether Mr. Suarez would endorse Trump as the Republican nominee, the automaton displays a computer-generated caricature of \u201cAI Ron DeSantis.\u201d The bot asserts that Mr. Suarez is concerned with \u201csaving America\u2019s economy and supporting our police officers,\u201d while DeSantis believes \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-consider-enacting-statute-to-increase-punishments-for-domestic-terrorism\/\" title=\"Lawmakers consider enacting statute to increase punishments for domestic terrorism\">single greatest threat<\/a> to American families today is Mickey Mouse \u2013 run for your lives!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some queries stymie the AI, resulting in a screen that reads, \u201cSorry, I did not understand\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While artificial intelligence has been used in political campaigns before, the SOS America PAC&#8217;s AI chatbot featuring AI Francis Suarez adds a new level of interactivity and engagement to the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A super PAC backing Miami Mayor Francis Suarez&#8217;s GOP presidential campaign has introduced an AI chatbot to respond to inquiries about him. This highlights the growing trend of employing generative AI in the 2024 presidential race. The SOS America PAC bot, launched on July 5, merges user questions for comprehensive answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1843,"featured_media":1967100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}