Ahead of the New Hampshire primary on the 23rd, the second gateway to the US Republican presidential nomination, a deepfake voice impersonating Democratic President Joe Biden and recommending that he not participate in the primary was circulated, prompting the state government. The investigation began on the 22nd (local time). Warnings that false information exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) will pose a serious threat to democracy are becoming a reality. This is also the first time that an investigation has been conducted into the spread of false information abusing AI since the start of this presidential primary.
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said on this day, “We received a report about a robocall message that sounded like President Biden’s voice but appeared to be artificially generated. “It is an illegal attempt to interfere with the primary and confuse voters,” he said, adding that he was investigating this. CNN reported that this message was distributed to up to 25,000 people.
This voice impersonating President Biden said, “Some in the Republican Party have been pressuring independents and Democratic supporters to participate in the Republican primary, but this is nonsense,” adding, “It is important to save votes until the November presidential election.” claiming. It is completely false information that if you participate in a specific party’s primary, you will not be able to vote in the presidential election.
It is not clear who created this message and why it was distributed. However, President Biden’s re-election camp criticized it, saying it was “unacceptable spread of false information.” Former President Donald Trump also said, “It has nothing to do with us.”
Following his landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses on the 15th, former President Trump is confident of victory in New Hampshire, where non-party members can also vote. At a campaign rally on the 22nd, he said, “Let’s start a new season (the presidential election),” and pressured his rival, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, to resign. On the other hand, former Ambassador Haley expressed her intention to continue the primary, saying, “The United States is not a country that holds coronations.”
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Source: Donga
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