The Federal Election Commission on Thursday was deadlocked on a request to develop regulations for AI-generated deepfake political ads.
Public Citizen, a nonpartisan advocacy group, submitted a petition last month asking the commission to establish rules, noting that advances in artificial intelligence have given political operatives the tools to produce campaign ads with computer-generated fake images that appear real. Such ads could misrepresent a candidate’s political views, a violation of existing federal law.
Robert Weissman, Public Citizen’s president, issued a blistering response after the commission voted 3-3 on the question, which meant no action would be taken.
