{"id":65326,"date":"2026-06-07T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/65326\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:06:09","slug":"oklahoma-ethics-commission-looking-into-use-of-ai-in-political-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/65326\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Ethics Commission looking into use of AI in political ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Oklahoma Ethics Commission is working to address the use of artificial intelligence in political ads after receiving complaints and concerns from lawmakers and the public.  &#8220;I think that concern of the mission of transparency is just forefront of the commission&#8217;s mind,&#8221; said Lee Anne Bruce Boone, executive director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.  During a special meeting on Friday, the commission discussed AI usage in political advertising and reviewed how other states regulate the issue. Boone noted that a number of states, including Texas, Utah, Minnesota, and Colorado, have enacted rules related to AI in political ads, while Oklahoma currently has none.  &#8220;We talked a lot about what has happened in other states. There are over 30 states that have enacted something as related to artificial intelligence and political ads,&#8221; Boone said.  The commission is cautious about potential constitutional issues that could arise from regulating speech content but is prioritizing transparency and disclosure.  &#8220;While I think the commission&#8217;s very interested in doing something as strong as they can do, I think they&#8217;re, of course, leery of delving into that world where there might be a constitutional issue as far regulating content of speech. The primary concern is disclosure right now,&#8221; Boone said.  The commission does not have emergency rule-making authority, meaning any action they take will require time. Meanwhile, Gov. Kevin Stitt has threatened to call a special session for lawmakers to address what he described as the misuse of AI in political ads.  When asked whether a special session should be held, Boone declined to comment on the idea.&gt;&gt; Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5\u2019s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5\u2019s Morning Newsletter\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tOKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoma Ethics Commission is working to address the use of artificial intelligence in political ads after receiving complaints and concerns from lawmakers and the public.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that concern of the mission of transparency is just forefront of the commission&#8217;s mind,&#8221; said Lee Anne Bruce Boone, executive director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.  <\/p>\n<p>During a special meeting on Friday, the commission discussed AI usage in political advertising and reviewed how other states regulate the issue. Boone noted that a number of states, including Texas, Utah, Minnesota, and Colorado, have enacted rules related to AI in political ads, while Oklahoma currently has none.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We talked a lot about what has happened in other states. There are over 30 states that have enacted something as related to artificial intelligence and political ads,&#8221; Boone said.  <\/p>\n<p>The commission is cautious about potential constitutional issues that could arise from regulating speech content but is prioritizing transparency and disclosure.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I think the commission&#8217;s very interested in doing something as strong as they can do, I think they&#8217;re, of course, leery of delving into that world where there might be a constitutional issue as far regulating content of speech. The primary concern is disclosure right now,&#8221; Boone said.  <\/p>\n<p>The commission does not have emergency rule-making authority, meaning any action they take will require time. Meanwhile, Gov. Kevin Stitt has threatened to call a special session for lawmakers to address what he described as the misuse of AI in political ads.  <\/p>\n<p>When asked whether a special session should be held, Boone declined to comment on the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/article\/get-koco-news-on-the-go-download\/44041628\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the KOCO 5 app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KOCO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to KOCO 5\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for KOCO 5\u2019s Morning Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oklahoma Ethics Commission is working to address the use of artificial intelligence in political ads after receiving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,36980,36978,32,14369,6472,487,36981,36979,20962,36983,36982,6362,5221],"class_list":["post-65326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-boone","tag-commission","tag-concern","tag-disclosure","tag-koco","tag-lawmaker","tag-oklahoma-ethics-commission","tag-other-state","tag-political-ad","tag-potential-constitutional-issue","tag-speech-content","tag-transparency","tag-use"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}