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A political ad featuring an AI parody of Republican candidate Mark Robinson will begin airing next week in TV media markets across the state. It is believed to be the first of its kind to hit the airwaves in North Carolina. Political observers say it's only the beginning. 

Fully AI-generated political TV ad takes aim at North Carolina governor's race 

You may have already seen the online ads or the mobile billboards driving around Raleigh featuring an A I generated version of Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. The Affordable Care Act is an effort to enslave everybody. Next week it moves to TV as well. Becoming the state's first fully A I generated political ad campaign. It's the creation of Todd Steel A Raleigh investor and Democratic donor who started his own Super Pac Americans for Prosperity. Emphasis on the parody. It's spending about a million dollars on this campaign. Most individuals don't run ads. That's true. Steele says he's trying to reach voters who tune out other political ads. We are hoping to cross media silos by using humor to get to people and have them laugh and be entertained. Stiefel wants to draw attention to some of the comments Robinson has made by using A I to recreate Robinson saying them and the civil rights movement was crap. He has really said the civil might rights movement is crap. He has really said and believes the Affordable Care Act is an effort to enslave people. These are really outrageous for things using A I in a campaign ad is not against any law but Amanda Sturgill wouldn't say it's ethical. She teaches journalism at Elon University and wrote a book on digital misinformation. Well, I think the problem really is that it can be deeply confusing to people, particularly when you're using a technology that makes it sound like it is the candidate themselves. Oh, I totally think this is ethical and we did it very intentionally to be very clear. It is, the stuff is covered in disclaimers, Sturgill says, not everybody reads the fine print, but she says voters will need to be more careful in the near future because it's gotten so easy to make ads like this in the past. If you wanted to tediously sit there and go through hours of someone's speeches and cut up their words and expertly audio, edit them together. You could still make people say things, but now it's a basically a free app right that anybody can do that. So the speed at which you can create bad information is greatly increased. Steel says his ad is not misinformation, but the words are his, these are things he has said and done and that's totally fair game to me. We asked the Robinson campaign for comment. Spokesman Mike Lonergan replied, Steel's work is full of fake clips and outrageous lies typical of the smear campaign, Josh Stein and his Democratic allies are running against Mark Robinson and North Carolina. Voters will see right through it. Laura Leslie Wr News Raleigh.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee

AI-generated political TV ad takes aim at NC governor's race 

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The Raleigh City Council approved the decision in a unanimous vote during their afternoon work session. The city announced plans to move Red Hat Amphitheater in 2023.

Red Hat Amphitheater move approved by Raleigh City Council

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Republican state superintendent candidate Michele Morrow says her Democratic opponent, Mo Green, won't keep students safe because he's endorsed by a gay-rights advocacy group. Green says Morrow is unfit to lead state schools.

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NEW YORK (AP) â In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesday, killing at least 12 people â including two children â and wounding thousands more.

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Republican Mark Robinson called for a debate Tuesday, but Democrat Josh Stein, who is leading in the polls, said would not participate in one.

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Rodanthe homes in the Outer Banks are at risk of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean due to erosion, high winds and king tides. Seven North Carolina homes have already collapsed in the past four years.

Outer Banks homes on brink of collapse as erosion, king tides worsen

Rodanthe homes in the Outer Banks are at risk of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean due to erosion, high winds and king tides.

Adam McLaine, a recent graduate of North Carolina State University, was watching Monday Night Football when a tree came crashing into his Raleigh home.

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More than 450 first responders will be recognized Wednesday at the Greater Raleigh Chamber's First Responders Appreciation Breakfast.



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Dawn Mangum was arrested on a felony charge of attempting to obtain property by false pretense on Monday. 

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Dr. Craig Adams, the owner of a high-end Raleigh home, says a woman he's never met filed legal documents claiming she owns his house.

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Check out these stunning photos viewers sent us of last night's supermoon and lunar eclipse.

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Tens of millions of teenagers with Instagram accounts may soon find their public profiles made private.

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AAA is alerting parents to keep child passengers safe after alarming crash data from a government analysis. 


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First responders honored in Raleigh, get free Chick-fil-A biscuits at 2 locations 

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Sept. 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day and there are a few ways that you can celebrate.

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Senator and vice presidential nominee JD Vance is visiting Raleigh on Wednesday. He plans to speak on inflation, grocery costs and the housing market, according to the campaign. 

JD Vance visiting Raleigh for campaign rally Wednesday

NCDOT sign in Chapel Hill changed to 'CH loves Trump' 

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Wake County school district leaders evaluate response to Heritage High School bomb threat

SUV and CSX train crash in Fayetteville, no injuries reported

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AI is tracking local police behavior - and for the first time in North Carolina a police department is turning over thousands of hours of body cam video to artificial intelligence. WRAL Investigates how this new technology is changing police conduct across the country.  

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