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FCC Chairman Jessica Rosenworcel We asked nine major telecommunications companies, including AT&T and Comcast, whether they are actually doing anything about AI-generated political robocalls. AI-generated voices are getting pretty good at imitating human voices, and we’ve already seen the technology in action when voice deepfakes were used to encourage voters to vote.
“We know that AI technology makes it cheap and easy to pump deepfakes onto networks designed to mislead and discredit people. It’s particularly frightening to see AI voice clones being used to impersonate candidates during elections. As AI tools become more accessible to bad actors and scammers, we need to do all we can to keep this garbage off our networks,” Rosenworcel wrote.
It’s worth noting that as of February, political or not, the major telecommunications companies had not yet announced any enforcement plans, but the order gives state attorneys general the power to prosecute those involved in robocalls.
Rosenworcel has also tried to force political campaigns to disclose whether they use AI in their TV and radio ads. However, the proposed plan In a letter to Rosenworcel, Federal Election Commission Chairman Sean Cooksey wrote that the plan would undermine the FEC’s authority to enforce federal election laws and would invite legal challenges.