The U.S. appears unprepared for the onslaught of AI-generated imitations despite years of warnings from think tanks.
Citizens in New Hampshire received an unusual political request over the weekend of Jan. 20–21. Robo-calls featuring what sounded to many like United States President Joe Biden’s voice told them not to vote in the Jan. 23 primary.
The automated messages were apparently generated by an artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake tool with the apparent purpose of meddling in the 2024 presidential election.
Experts believe bad actors have chosen audio fakes over video because consumers tend to be more discerning when it comes to visual fakery. As AI advisor Henry Ajder recently told the Financial Times, “everyone’s used to Photoshop or at least knows it exists.”
