Senator urges FCC to reject conservative group's bid to use political AI-generated robocalls
Schumer says the proposal would let campaigns use AI-generated voices in political calls without prior consent, citing a $6 million fake robocall case.
- On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject a petition from conservative group Club for Growth seeking to use AI-generated robocalls in upcoming elections without prior consent.
- The Club for Growth, planning to spend $175 million in the midterm congressional elections, asked the Commission to treat political speech like standard wireless calls regarding banking or delivery appointments.
- Schumer warned, "There is absolutely no excuse to relax these standards and allow special interests to flood our cellphone lines with deepfakes or dark-money-funded AI voices." He cited a 2024 FCC proposal to fine a consultant $6 million over fake robocalls.
- The public comment period expires on Monday, allowing the FCC to take action this week ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez and public interest groups have urged the Commission to deny the petition.
- Describing the system's operation, the FCC noted it uses a "perfunctory human being for the sole purpose of clicking on a 'send' button to transmit thousands of text messages per hour." FCC Chair Brendan Carr's office declined immediate comment.
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Senator Schumer urges FCC to reject conservative group’s bid to use political AI-generated robocalls
WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission not to approve a petition to allow political AI-generated robocalls from conservative political group Club for Growth ahead of the November congressional elections.
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Schumer urges FCC to reject GOP group’s request to allow unsolicited political robocalls
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject a petition from a conservative political group to ease restrictions on AI-generated robocalls ahead of November’s midterm elections. “Under this change, campaigns could use their opponents’ voice to send out a message that is, at best, disingenuous and,…
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