'Fraud is fraud': Georgia aims to ban AI deepfakes in political campaigns
2024-03-20
The Guardian
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Georgia legislators created and presented an AI-generated deepfake video impersonating Senator Colton Moore and activist Mallory Staples without their consent to illustrate the dangers of political deepfakes. The incident spurred legislative efforts to criminalize deceptive AI use in election ads, highlighting risks of voter deception and election fraud.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves an AI system (deepfake generation technology) used to create a realistic but false video impersonating political figures. The use of this AI deepfake technology in political communication poses a credible risk of election interference and fraud, which are harms to the democratic process and communities. However, the article primarily discusses the legislative response to this risk and the demonstration of the technology's capabilities rather than reporting an actual incident of harm caused by AI deepfakes in an election. Therefore, this situation represents an AI Hazard, as the AI system's use could plausibly lead to significant harm (fraudulent election interference), but no specific harmful incident has yet occurred as described in the article.[AI generated]