The U.S. Federal Election Commission has moved forward a petition to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence in campaign ads leading into the 2024 election season. The agency is now seeking public comments on the petition before proceeding with “full rulemaking.”

In July, the FEC said it received a petition asking for new rules surrounding the use of AI-generated content during elections. The petition specifically called upon the FEC to amend regulations regarding fraudulent misrepresentation of “campaign authority” and clarify that the prohibition applies to deliberately deceptive AI campaign advertisements.

“The deepfake is fraudulent because the deepfaked candidate, in fact, did not say or do what is depicted by the deepfake and because the deepfake aims to deceive the public,” the petition said.

A deepfake is an increasingly common type of video or audio content created with artificial intelligence that convincingly depicts false events but is done so in a way that can be very difficult to identify as fake.

An FEC spokesperson told Decrypt that more comments are being sought, and referenced two prior hearings on July 13 and August 10, where members of the commission discussed and heard testimony on the petition.

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