Prosecutors Busted the Biden Deepfake Without an AI Law. That’s the Point
The November midterm elections will be the first national election in which generative artificial intelligence is cheap, convincing, and carried in everyone’s pocket. The concerns being discussed are not hypothetical.
TL;DR
- Generative AI is now cheap, convincing, and accessible, presenting a new challenge for national elections.
- AI was already used in California's June primary to create fake footage of ballot counting to support fraud claims.
- Election officials are more worried about fake evidence supporting conspiracy theories than fake candidate ads.
- Thirty-one states have enacted election deepfake laws, but many may fail in practice or in court.
- The article suggests that banning the technology is a misguided approach.