Political Consultants Fight FCC Move to Restrict AI Robocalls

One of the nation’s largest organizations of political consultants is fighting a federal push to curb the use of AI in robocalls and robotexts, saying it would complicate automated fundraising appeals to voters.

The American Association of Political Consultants, a bipartisan organization, called the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to require that callers disclose when they use artificial intelligence to generate phone messages “overly broad.”

The group said that while it “staunchly opposes the use of fraudulent and misleading robocalls and texts in political campaigns,” the proposed requirement that any AI-generated call be ...