Rank 13 of 17

AI misinformation

AI producing or spreading false or misleading information: chatbots giving wrong answers, AI-written propaganda or fake news, or AI used to mislead voters. A fake of a real person's face or voice is a deepfake.

on the Fear Index

Bills11

Lobbying filings26

News431

Wikipedia26.8K

The receipts

26,759Wikipedia views on this fear in the last 30 days

431news articles about it in the last 30 days

11bills, resolutions, rules and orders cite it since January 2025, in 6 states and the federal government

6new government controls written into those bills

26federal lobbying filings name it, past year

In their own words

The fear as each bill's official summary or text states it, and the controls the same bill would create.

“spread misinformation and disinformation at scale and with unprecedented speed”
SB 25, MontanaPassedLabel or AI noticeUse limitsMontana Commissioner of Political Practices
“chatbots or other human-simulating computer technologies that could mislead or deceive the consumer”
SB 170, South DakotaDid not passLabel or AI notice
“using an artificial intelligence system to produce certain information on voting, if the person has the intent to use the system to (1) produce false information”
H.R. 4894, CongressNot passedUse limits
“outputs of the generative artificial intelligence system may be inaccurate”
A 3411, New YorkNot passedLabel or AI notice
“knowingly using artificial intelligence to falsely represent that a natural person appeared before, submitted information to, or otherwise engaged with a governmental agency”
SB 1159, CaliforniaPassed

What it's buying

The government controls written into the bills that cite this fear.

Who benefits

Agencies and officials these bills would hand new power, by number of bills.

1Montana Commissioner of Political PracticesAgencymost common control: Label or AI notice1bill

Everyone else lobbying

Companies, trade groups, think tanks, unions and other groups whose lobbying filings name this fear, past year.

1X Corp. (Formerly Twitter, Inc.)Lobbying client7 filings
2LinkedInLobbying client4 filings
3AdobeAI company4 filings
4X, F/K/A TwitterLobbying client4 filings
5National Multifamily Housing CouncilLobbying client2 filings
6Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under LawLobbying client2 filings

Money, bills and attention

Money on filings naming it

Bills citing it

Wikipedia views

Each dot is one bill. Sources: lobbying filings on LDA.gov that name this fear, the bills that cite it, and Wikipedia readership of its articles.

Latest on this fear

Lobbying filing2026-10-20Adobe filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $50K for the quarter across all its issues, naming H.R. 9112
Lobbying filing2026-10-20X Corp. (Formerly Twitter, Inc.) filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $40K for the quarter across all its issues
Lobbying filing2026-10-20LinkedIn filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $50K for the quarter across all its issues
Lobbying filing2026-10-20National Multifamily Housing Council filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $1.7M for the quarter across all its issues, naming H.R. 2152, H.R. 2978, H.R. 8278, H.R. 8398, H.R. 8413, H.R. 8671, H.R. 9493
Lobbying filing2026-10-16Free Press Action Fund filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $10K for the quarter across all its issues, naming H.R. 8771, H.R. 9372, S. 4774, S. 5238
Lobbying filing2026-10-14X, F/K/A Twitter filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $30K for the quarter across all its issues

The bills

The ones carrying the most controls, first.

SB 25, MontanaPassedRevise election laws regarding disclosure requirements for the use of AI in electionsLabel or AI noticeUse limitsRead it on bills.legmt.gov
SB 170, South DakotaDid not passrequire the provision of a notice to consumers, interacting with certain chatbots or other human-simulating computer technologies that could mislead or deceive…Label or AI noticeRead it on sdlegislature.gov
H.R. 4894, CongressNot passedDeceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2025Use limitsRead it on congress.gov
A 3411, New YorkNot passedRequires notices on generative artificial intelligence systemsLabel or AI noticeRead it on nyassembly.gov
S 934, New YorkNot passedRequires warnings on generative artificial intelligence systemsLabel or AI noticeRead it on nyassembly.gov
SB 1159, CaliforniaPassedArtificial intelligence: transparency and governance.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Executive Order 14319, Executive Office of the PresidentSignedPreventing Woke AI in the Federal GovernmentRead it on federalregister.gov
SB 141, MarylandPassedElection Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and DeepfakesRead it on mgaleg.maryland.gov
S 5668, New YorkNot passedRelates to liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information provided to a user by a chatbotRead it on nyassembly.gov
A 222, New YorkNot passedRelates to liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information provided to a user by a chatbotRead it on nyassembly.gov

All 11 bills citing it, with filters