Are we ready for AI this election year?

From Nights, 8:15 pm on 16 February 2026

Nights16 February 2026

It's not quite election season yet, but you'd be forgiven for thinking it is as the attack ads start to emerge.

And something very 2026 is happening: we're seeing ads made using generative AI.

Marcus Ganley is a public law specialist with firm Franks Ogilvie but was previously a ministerial adviser to the Clark government and held senior roles in Australian federal politics.

He's been looking into AI regulation in elections overseas and joins Emile Donovan.

Artificial Intelligence is everywhere - but we can still make deliberate decisions about how we use it