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The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is immediately outlawing scam robocalls featuring fake, artificial intelligence-created voices, cracking down on so-called “deepfake” technology that experts say could undermine election security or supercharge fraud. The unanimous FCC vote extends anti-robocall rules to cover unsolicited AI deepfake calls by recognizing those voices as “artificial” under a federal law governing telemarketing and robocalling. The FCC’s move gives state attorneys general more legal tools to pursue illegal robocallers that use AI-generated voices to fool Americans, the FCC said. “Bad actors are using AI-generated voices in unsolicited robocalls to extort vulnerable family members, imitate celebrities,...

A New Orleans magician is behind the artificial intelligence used to impersonate President Joe Biden for a robocall sent to New Hampshire Democrats urging them not to vote in the primary. However, he said a consultant for a rival Democratic campaign paid him to do so.Paul Carpenter told NBC News that Steve Kramer, who has worked on a ballot access campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips, hired him in January to use AI to imitate Biden’s voice. He shared text messages, call logs, and Venmo transactions with the outlet.“I created the audio used in the robocall,” Carpenter said. “I...