FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel We asked nine major telecom companies, including AT&T and Comcast, if they are actually doing anything about political robocalls powered by ai. ai-generated voices are getting pretty good at mimicking humans, and we've already seen this technology in action, when a fake audio urged voters to…
“We know that artificial intelligence technologies will make it cheap and easy to flood our networks with deepfakes used to deceive and betray trust. It is especially chilling to see how ai voice cloning is used to impersonate candidates during elections. As ai tools become more accessible to bad actors and scammers, we must do everything we can to keep this garbage off our networks,” Rosenworcel wrote.
It is worth noting that in February, whether for political reasons or not, the large telecommunications companies had not yet announced any enforcement plans. However, the mandate gives state attorneys general the ability to prosecute those involved in robocalls.
Rosenworcel has also been trying to force political campaigns to disclose whether or not they used ai in television or radio ads. ai-in-political-ads-amid-fec-concern” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:as reported by US News & World Report;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>. The proposed plan, however, has ai-election-regulators-t-decide-135709509.html” data-ylk=”slk:faced opposition from the Republican chair;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;” class=”link yahoo-link”> from the Federal Election Commission. Chairman Sean Cooksey wrote in a letter to Rosenworcel that the plan would nullify the FEC's authority to enforce federal campaign law, prompting a legal challenge.
