Can Congress Catch Up to Deepfakes?
Rep. Yvette Clarke wasn’t exactly surprised when ex-President Donald Trump used an AI voice cloning tool to make Hitler, Elon Musk, and the Devil himself join a Twitter Space to troll Florida governor Ron DeSantis earlier this year. The former president wasn’t fooling anyone with the doctored screenshot, but Clarke worries similar political deepfakes will be weaponized to “create general mayhem” in what’s already shaping up to be a maddening 2024 election season. Without proper disclosures, Clar