After entrepreneur Elon Musk, a leading voice on AI technology and development, shared a deepfake campaign ad for Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed bills to crack down on the use of such technology in election campaigns.
“Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation—especially in today’s fraught political climate,” Newsom said in a public statement announcing the actions.
California is Harris’ home state, where she was attorney general and U.S. senator before being elected vice president as President Joe Biden’s running mate in 2020.
One bill “requires large online platforms to remove or label deceptive and digitally altered or created content related to elections during specified periods,”…
