RNZ Interview: Is New Zealand ready for AI in the 2026 election?
I joined Emile Donovan on RNZ Nights to discuss the use of generative AI in election campaigning, following my Newsroom article AI politicking isn’t coming – it’s already here, and proving hard to regulate.
We discussed the emergence of AI-generated political attack ads, the difficulty of regulating rapidly changing technology through existing electoral law, and what New Zealand might learn from overseas approaches to transparency, disclosure and accountability. The broader question was whether New Zealand’s electoral framework is ready for AI-generated political content in the 2026 election campaign