Election Officials Say Candidates Can’t Mislead With AI Ads (1)

Political candidates will be barred from using artificial intelligence to generate misleading campaign ads that look or sound like their opponents approved them, under a bipartisan agreement announced by US election regulators Tuesday.

The announcement, backed by four members of the Federal Election Commission, will apply to candidates running in the 2024 election. The commissioners are expected to formally approve it when they meet on Sept. 19.

“It is already illegal for candidates to fraudulently misrepresent communications as coming from their opponents, regardless of the technology used,” said FEC Chair Sean Cooksey (R), who did not list his name on ...