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FCC bans robocalls using deepfake voice clones − but AI-generated disinformation still looms over elections

  • Written by Joan Donovan, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
imageThe FCC is responding to the threat of deepfakes.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

The Federal Communications Commission on Feb. 8, 2024, outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by artificial intelligence.

The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans artificial voices in robocalls. The FCC’s Feb. 8 ruling declares that AI-generated voices,...

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