Do you agree with the decision to send weapons, soldier and ships to the Middle East as a deterrent in the Israel-Hamas war?Federal lawmakers are terrified that “deepfakes” made with artificial intelligence will be weaponized to mislead people, exacerbate fraud, and create national security threats.The House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday dug into potential problems from proliferating deepfakes, and how to stop them from upending Americans’ lives.
Mr. Biden’s team reportedly listened to former President Barack Obama in shaping the new AI order, and Mr. Obama is concerned about deepfakes. “We should have different rules for public figures than we do for private citizens,” Mr. Obama said in the interview published Tuesday. “We should have different rules for what is clearly political commentary and satire versus cyberbullying.”
The American Association of Political Consultants condemned the use of AI deepfake technology earlier this year. The association adopted a policy prohibiting the use of deepfake generative AI content as contrary to its ethical code.