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It is fast becoming apparent that we are living in a new age of inauthenticity, midwifed in no small measure by generative AI. This week brought news of robocalls in New Hampshire using a voice impersonating President Joe Biden—almost certainly created with easily available voice cloning AI software— urging Democrats to “save their vote” for November and not to vote in today’s Republican primary. New Hampshire has open primaries, meaning voters do not have to be registered party members to vote, and some Democrats had hoped to hurt Donald Trump’s chances of securing the GOP nomination by casting ballots for his rival Nikki Hailey.
