Company that sent AI calls mimicking Biden to New Hampshire voters agrees to $1-million fine

Steve Kramer is seated June 5, 2024, during his arraignment in Laconia, N.H., in connection with charges of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate. A company that sent deceptive phone messages to New Hampshire voters using artificial intelligence to mimic President Biden’s voice agreed Wednesday to pay a $1-million fine, federal regulators said. The FCC will act when trust in our communications networks is on the line.” Business California advances measures targeting AI discrimination and deepfakes California lawmakers have advanced artificial intelligence proposals that would, among other things, protect jobs and outlaw deepfakes involving elections. Co-President Robert Weissman said Rosenworcel got it “exactly right” by saying consumers have a right to know when they are receiving authentic content and when they are receiving AI-generated deepfakes. Weissman said the case illustrates how such deepfakes pose “an existential threat to our democracy.” FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan Egal said the combination of caller ID spoofing and generative AI voice-cloning technology posed a significant threat “whether at the hands of domestic operatives seeking political advantage or sophisticated foreign adversaries conducting malign influence or election interference activities.” Perry writes for the Associated Press.