AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal
The decision by the FCC to outlaw robocalls that contain voices generated by AI aims to send a message that exploiting the technology to mislead voters won’t be tolerated. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial intelligence, a decision that sends a clear message that exploiting the technology to scam people and mislead voters won’t be tolerated. The unanimous ruling targets robocalls made with AI voice-cloning tools under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a 1991 law restricting junk calls that use artificial and prerecorded voice messages. “All of us could be on the receiving end of these faked calls, so that’s why we felt the time to act was now.” Under the consumer protection law, telemarketers generally cannot use automated dialers or artificial or prerecorded voice messages to call cellphones, and they cannot make such calls to landlines without written consent from the recipient.
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