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Newsom signs bills at Dreamforce to combat deepfake election content


Appearing at San Francisco's Dreamforce conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a series of bills in order to combat deepfake election content.

Newsom signs bills to combat deepfake election content Appearing at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, California Gov. "Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation – especially in today’s fraught political climate," a statement from Newsom read. "However, the rapid improvements in AI and Large Language Models have made it easier to create convincingly fake images, videos, and sounds."

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