The robocall was made ahead of the New Hampshire Democratic primary in January and told people not to vote with the Biden deepfake voice.
Lingo Telecom is a voice service provider that distributed the AI-generated Biden robocalls through “spoofed” phone numbers. In addition to paying a $1 million fine, the company agreed to follow the “strict adherence” to the FCC’s framework for caller ID authentication.
“Every one of us deserves to know that the voice on the line is exactly who they claim to be,” Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement. “If AI is being used, that should be made clear to any consumer, citizen, and voter who encounters it.”
The man behind creating the deepfake robocall was actually a seasoned Democratic operative, who at the time was working on Rep. Dean Phillips’s (D-MN) campaign.
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