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Lawmakers declare war on deepfakes that threaten to upend this year’s presidential election
State lawmakers rather than federal officials are leading the charge against AI-generated images that are intended to influence voting.
That push by the states continued this week when South Carolina lawmakers introduced legislation that would ban the distribution of deepfakes of candidates within 90 days of an election, joining Washington, Minnesota, and Michigan which passed similar election-targeted bills last year. Makanju is a seasoned national security and policy advisor who worked in both the Obama and Biden administrations before jumping into the tech industry with roles at Elon Musk’s Starlink, Facebook, and then OpenAI. The story is an interesting look at how she strategically positioned Altman, transforming him from “a start-up darling into the AI industry’s ambassador” and sending him out for well-publicized meetings with global leaders that had all the makings of official state visits.
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