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China could use AI deepfake technology to disrupt 2024 election, GOP senator warns

May 12, 2023

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China’s expansive artificial intelligence (AI) operations could play a concerning role in the 2024 election cycle, Sen. Pete Ricketts warned on Thursday.

“There’s absolutely a possibility that they could do that for the 2024 election, and that’s what we have to be on guard [for],” Ricketts told Fox News Digital in an interview in his Senate office.

During a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing earlier this month, Ricketts referenced China and its use of AI technology to create “deepfakes,” which are fabricated videos and images that can look and sound like real people and events. A report released earlier this year by a U.S.-based research firm claimed a “pro-Chinese spam operation” was using AI deepfakes technology to create videos of fake news anchors reciting Beijing’s propaganda.

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