A group of Democrat-supporting technologists is aiming to power this year’s election outreach efforts with the latest advances in artificial intelligence. Tech for Campaigns, an organization that uses digital marketing and data to help Democratic candidates win elections, is now using AI to create digital ads and fundraising emails, all of which they say are […]
LOS ANGELES – An investigation is underway at a middle school in Beverly Hills involving students accused of creating and sharing AI-generated nude photos of classmates. The incident happened last week at Beverly Vista Middle School. In an email sent home to parents from Beverly Hills Unified School District, school and district officials said, “On […]
Doug Plummer was the mayor of Sharon Springs, New York, a close-knit community of just more than 500 people. “He was one of those people that even if you only met him once, you left the meeting convinced you were his best friend,” said friend Corbie Mitleid. “He was incandescent. He was charismatic.” Plummer lost […]
Robocalls with voices generated by artificial intelligence are now illegal, according to a ruling issued Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission. The ruling, which falls under the existing Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, “protects consumers from unwanted calls made using an artificial or prerecorded voice,” federal officials said. “In relevant part, the TCPA prohibits […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial intelligence, a decision that sends a clear message that exploiting the technology to scam people and mislead voters won’t be tolerated. The unanimous ruling targets robocalls made with AI voice-cloning tools under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, […]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities issued cease-and-desist orders Tuesday against two Texas companies they believe were connected to robocalls that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice and discourage people from voting in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary last month. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said investigators have identified the source of the […]
At the height of the pandemic, Neveen Radwan said her teenage daughter started searching workout videos on Instagram and TikTok to stay in shape. “In the beginning, we really didn’t realize what was happening until it was almost too late,” said Radwan. But then she said things took a turn. “How to eat at less […]
A recent robocall from a fake President Joe Biden telling New Hampshire residents not to vote was almost certainly created with artificial intelligence, according to disinformation experts and people who study the technology. The call, which the New Hampshire attorney general’s office has described as an apparent “unlawful attempt” to suppress voters from writing in […]
The New Hampshire attorney general’s office said it is investigating reports of an apparent robocall that used artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic US president Joe Biden’s voice and discourage voters in the state from coming to the polls during Tuesday’s primary election. Attorney general John Formella said the recorded message, which was sent to multiple […]
The New Hampshire attorney general’s office on Monday said it was investigating reports of an apparent robocall that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden‘s voice and discourage voters in the state from coming to the polls during Tuesday’s primary election. Attorney General John Formella said the recorded message, which was sent to multiple […]
A Chinese court’s decision recognising the copyright of an image generated via artificial intelligence (AI) aims to encourage such creations and provide a boost to this nascent industry, according to the judge who made the landmark ruling. In the first judgment of its kind in mainland China, the Beijing Internet Court last November ruled that […]
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s one-time personal lawyer and fixer, says he unwittingly passed on to his lawyer bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a judge. Cohen made the admission in a court filing unsealed on Friday in Manhattan federal court after a judge earlier this month asked […]