FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel To ask nine major telecom companies, including AT&T and Comcast, if they’re actually doing anything about AI political robocalls. AI-generated voices are getting pretty good at mimicking humans, and we’ve already seen this technology in action when audio deepfake voters .
“We know that artificial intelligence technologies will make it cheap and easy to flood our networks with deep fraud used to deceive and betray trust. It is especially scary to see artificial intelligence voice cloning being used to impersonate candidates during elections. As AI tools become more accessible to bad actors and fraudsters, we must do everything we can to keep this garbage out of our networks,” Rosenworcel wrote.
It is worth noting that In February, political or not, the big telcos have yet to announce any implementation plans. However, the mandate allows State Attorneys General to prosecute those involved in robocalls.
Rosenworcel is also trying to force political campaigns to disclose whether they use artificial intelligence in their TV or radio ads. . However, there is a suggested plan of the Federal Election Commission. In a letter to Rosenworcel, Chairman Sean Cooksey wrote that the plan would strip the FEC of its authority to enforce federal campaign law, which would lead to a legal challenge.
