WASHINGTON -- Less than three weeks after the Federal Election Commission deadlocked on a request to develop regulations governing so-called deepfake political ads generated using artificial intelligence tools, a non-partisan advocacy group pushing for the new rules is trying again.
Public Citizen will submit a petition to the commission Thursday seeking regulations regarding deliberately misleading campaign communications generated through the use of artificial intelligence.
“AI harms are coming to us from so many different directions, not just in elections, but this might be one of the first visible contact points…where if we don’t have the right regs on the books, we’re going to see immediate consequences,” said Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen’s executive vice president.
