PolitiFact - A pro-Ron DeSantis ad used AI to create Donald Trump’s voice. It won’t be the last, experts say

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A recent ad backing Gov. Ron DeSantis in Iowa used AI to create the voice of his presidential rival, Donald Trump. The words “spoken” by Trump were his own from a Truth Social post, but AI use in campaign ads could raise ethical questions, experts say.

used AI-generated imagery to show dystopian scenes in response to Biden’s reelection campaign.

"I do believe there should be some form of oversight on what is and isn't permissible, though it remains to be seen how much of it will happen on its own, and how much might be through Congress," Mukherjee said.While the pro-DeSantis ad accurately shares Trump’s words from the Truth Social post, Common Cause disinformation analyst Emma Steiner said she still found the use of AI-generated content in a political campaign"concerning.

The creation process should take less than a few minutes, said Siwei Lyu, a computer science and engineering professor at the University at Buffalo. Lyu found the example of the pro-DeSantis ad to be"not hugely misleading" since there is no twisting of the message. But he said there are potentially more problematic uses.

However, the campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for the Democratic nomination, said,"The campaign does not use generative AI to put words in Mr. Kennedy's voice, or anyone else's. It is important that when people hear him, they know that it is him.

But AI is being scrutinized for audio and visual roles, too, and voters might not be able to detect their use.

 

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