The government should regulate AI-powered political campaign ads: UC Berkeley professor

• 18-Aug-2023
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Presidential campaign ads using AI-generated content must be regulated to protect the 2024 elections from a 'real threat,' deepfake analyst warns. Fake AI pictures and videos will be nearly impossible to discern from real images as the technology behind deepfakes advances, University of California, Berkeley professor says.The Federal Election Commission (FEC) must consider whether it needs to set rules to prevent political campaigns from using artificial intelligence to create ads intended to deceive voters as the 2024 election cycle moves into full swing, an AI image analyst said.