AI Disinformation Drives Lawmaker Fears About 2024 ‘Wild West’

July 20, 2023, 9:25 AM UTC

Lawmakers are running short on time and consensus to tackle the rise of deepfakes that threaten to manipulate the 2024 elections.

The increased use of artificial intelligence by campaigns has far surpassed how Congress, political parties, and federal regulators are addressing the technology. Without limits on deepfakes, fears that disinformation could shape the 2024 elections are expected to worsen as political ad spending ramps up and outpaces past election cycles.

“We are democratizing disinformation by allowing ordinary people to communicate in ways that could be completely fake,” said Darrell West, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation. ...

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