New campaign finance disclosure(披露，公开) data shines a light on(揭示，使……显露) which US political campaigns are using AI tools and how much they are spending on them.
新的竞选财务披露数据揭示出哪些美国政治竞选正在使用人工智能工具，以及它们为此花了多少钱。
Candidates’, parties’ and committees’ spending reveals that AI is fast becoming an essential(必不可少的，核心的) tool of politics. The candidates themselves are quiet about(对……保持沉默) how they are using the technology in their own campaigns. It’s a sensitive issue that we have been tracking closely since we started writing our book, Rewiring Democracy, which examined how AI is beginning to influence politics.(这是一个敏感话题，自从我们开始撰写《重塑民主》一书以来，我们一直在密切关注。该书探讨了人工智能如何开始影响政治。) A September 2025 Pew survey of Americans found that more than 70% would think less of(对……评价降低) a candidate if they used AI to help write a speech.
候选人、政党和委员会的支出情况表明，人工智能正迅速成为政治活动中不可或缺的工具。但候选人自己对在竞选中如何使用这项技术却闭口不谈。这是一个敏感话题，自从我们开始撰写《重塑民主》一书以来，我们一直在密切关注。该书探讨了人工智能如何开始影响政治。皮尤研究中心2025年9月的一项美国民调发现，如果候选人用人工智能帮忙撰写演讲稿，超过70%的美国人会对其印象变差。
Itemized expenditure(支出，开销) disclosure data from the US Federal Election Commission, dating back to 2020, reveals at least $17m in disclosed spending on AI technology vendors across 523 federal candidates and campaigns. Data from four states, California, Colorado, Massachusetts and Washington, provides a more localized(本地化的，局部的) picture going back to 2022.
美国联邦选举委员会自2020年以来的逐项支出披露数据显示，523个联邦候选人和竞选团队在人工智能技术供应商上的披露支出至少达1700万美元。来自加利福尼亚、科罗拉多、马萨诸塞和华盛顿四个州的数据则提供了可追溯至2022年的更本地化的图景。
At the state level
在州一级