A pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC uses an Artificial Intelligence version of Donald Trump’s voice in a new television ad attacking the former president.
The ad, from Never Back Down, charges Trump with attacking Iowa governor Kim Reynolds as part of a larger pattern of disrespect he has shown to the first caucus state.
But the audio that the spot uses is not actually from Trump. A person familiar with the ad confirmed Trump’s voice was AI generated. Its content appears to be based off of a post that Trump made on his social media site Truth Social last week. The person said it will run statewide in Iowa tomorrow and that the ad buy was at least $1 million — a massive sum though one doable for the well-heeled super PAC. It will also be running via text message and on digital platforms.
We need legislation to ban AI generated content in campaign ads.
Nah. AI images and stuff are fine. We need legislation to ban the use of an AI likeness without permission.
What about someone generating fake imagery to create fear or anger about something?
There are a lot of ways AI art can be used to deceive.
We can do that already without “AI”. It’s been done. A bunch. Not a new problem.