From Fox News
By Jon Michael Raasch
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.
"The FEC will need to consider whether and how to regulate a campaign’s use of manipulated media in the service of its own candidate," Hany Farid, a University of California, Berkeley professor, wrote in a recent opinion piece for The Hill. "Manipulating the photographic record is only the first step in spreading lies."
Presidential campaigns have already started using artificial intelligence to deceptively manipulate their campaign ads. Most notably, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign used AI-generated audio and video to criticize former President Trump's policies, such as one portraying a fictional image of Trump affectionately hugging Anthony Fauci...
