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Cnn's john sarlin is joining us with details on this. we've seen some of this ai in ads. it is so eerily realistic looking. what's happening with this? stwl >> that is the key. the technology allows you to create misrepresentations with video, with audio that seemed to be from one person but is artificially generated. is that allowed in a campaign? that is coyote key question. the fec now is taking a potential small step to regulating that. the bipartisan commission has opened a 60-day public comment on whether existing federal regulations apply to ai in elections. as you mentioned, we've seen...

Around aelection denialism. they don't want to be the people pulling away from hearing politicians. this is a big trend in big tech, letting people spew information for the sake of giving people a platform. >> i don't know where you draw that line. what happens if a candidate denies the holocaust? >> it's a sticky line. what some experts will tell you is we've given politicians free speech on broadcasts. you're not allowed to censor broadcast ads or fact check them. that's the policy people are pointing to. where is the line? we have certain lines. on the internet there's no regulators. the li...

>> right. this is exactly why we having these hearings, and there is agi, and that is artificial intelligence when artificial intelligence supersedes human's, and they are claiming in a research paper that the artificial intelligence is approaching that, but some people are cautious of this, because it is difficult to discern when an ai is self-aware or whether it is just pretending to be self-aware, right? these are black box technologies, and we know what goes in and comes out, but we don't know how they work inside. which is just another reason that people like sam altman, the ceo behind ch...

Startups are scrambling for money to pay their employees. gavin newsom says he is in touch with some of the highest levels of leadership in the white house and government to stabilize the situation. joining us is the host of cnn's "night cap," john sarlin. this has a lot of folks spooked about what's happening with the financial markets, the banking industry. what does that happen for folks at svb? >> it means panic and confusion. svb is the bank in silicon valley for startups. they're desperately trying to figure out how to make payroll for next week. they're trying to figure out how to give ...