Friend,
How confident are you that you can identify genuine content from campaigns and candidates? The latest evolutions in artificial intelligence mean that bad actors have the ability to believably alter photos and videos featuring candidate or election information without even leaving signs that they’ve manipulated the content. Bad actors have been using deceptive social media posts to influence the election for years, and this is the next way they can spread doubt and false messages.
Deceptive AI-generated content, like completely made-up speeches by candidates built by technology taught to mimic their mannerisms and speech patterns (called a “deepfake”), is the latest threat for spreading misinformation and lies. Today, videos like that could be spread online without requiring any additional information or labels warning that it was artificially generated.
We can and should set rules for how AI technology is used, especially around our elections.
We’ve endorsed a set of bills that will create needed guardrails for this technology, before the election and we need the Senate to act quickly to pass them. Here’s what’s in the bills:
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S. 2770, Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, prohibits the distribution of political or issue advertisements that contain materially deceptive deepfakes.
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S. 3875, AI Transparency in Elections Act of 2024, requires disclaimers on election communications that are generated by AI within 120 days of the election.
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S. 3897, Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act, demands election administrators develop guidelines on how to address the risks of AI and disinformation.
Will you add your name to our petition urging the Senate to prioritize these bills this summer? >>
Without Congressional action, there is every reason to believe deepfakes and deceptive AI may shape our elections this fall. We must act.
Thank you for your advocacy around this issue and all that you do.
Charlie Everett
People For the American Way
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