Lexington state senators on both sides of the political aisle are championing legislation to try to reduce fake political messaging, often through artificial intelligence. A lot of national attention came when an A-I-generated voice of President Biden asked people not to vote. GOP Bill Sponsor Amanda Mays Bledsoe says the bill pertains to candidates, candidate committees, and political parties.
“Far easier to spread a lie sometimes than combat the truth. It at least gives us some tools to say, if you do that we are gonna at least have the option to prosecute, bring cases to the court, take damages. Hopefully, that provides some level of someone saying maybe I shouldn’t do that. It doesn’t stop people from on the side, doing their own thing,” said Mays Bledsoe.
