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FEC moves to review use of AI in political ads
Federal regulators will hear comments from experts and the public about a potential rule clarification that would address the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in campaigns.
The six-member Federal Election Commission (FEC) voted unanimously to consider the amended petition, brought by the consumer advocacy groupPublic Citizen, during a Thursday meeting.
The approval came after the three Republicans on the commission pushed back on advancing the petition during a first attempt by Public Citizen in June, blocking it in a deadlocked 3-3 vote.
Thursday’s vote does not mean the commission will be changing the rule to address AI in campaigns, but rather that it will allow the process to go forward and open it up for public comment.
“[This is] obviously a topic that is very timely and very important. I don’t pretend that the FEC can solve all of the problems people are concerned about in the field of AI, but it is possible we can solve some of them as the document before us says,” Democratic Commissioner Ellen Weintraub said in the meeting.
Despite voting with the rest of the commission to advance the proposal, Republican Commissioner Allen Dickerson expressed concerns about the FEC’s authority to address the use of AI in campaigns.
The CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, said in a Thursday interview with CNBC the platform is “healthier and safer” than it was a year ago. “By all objective metrics, X is a much healthier and safer platform than it was a year ago,” Linda Yaccarino said. “Since acquisitions, we have built brand safety and content moderation tools that have never existed before at this company.” Yaccarino also referenced the company’s recently …
President Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order blocking Americans from investing in certain Chinese sectors, citing the risk that those investments could spur military or intelligence capabilities. Biden’s executive order will designate China as a “country of concern,” and it will limit American investments in three categories of national security technologies: semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information …
X owner Elon Musk will auction off Twitter signs and other memorabilia starting next month, including the sign hung on the outside of the company’s headquarters. The auction event is labeled “Twitter Rebranding: Online Auction Featuring Memorabilia, Art, Office Assets & More!” and is scheduled from Sept. 12-14., according to the auction website. The site lists 584 things to be auctioned off, including signs of Twitter’s …
Tesla and X owner Elon Musk is mulling the suggestion of having a “noble” debate instead of a cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. A post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, suggested the idea of a cage match debate, to which Musk responded, “That sounds like a good idea too.” “This is really fighting (I believe) a noble sport,” he wrote. “We also hope, with humility, to express …
News we’ve flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics:
ChatGPT gives free users added control
OpenAI announced that all users, including those on the ChatGPT service’s free tier, will have more control over the chatbot’s responses, TechCrunch reports.
How Sweden is fighting Russian disinformation
The New York Times reported on how Sweden is fighting the Russian information war online.
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Lawyers for the Biden administration and two Republican attorneys general presented arguments to an appeals panel Thursday over whether a district judge overreached by barring government officials from communicating with social media companies about controversial posts.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) called White House spokesperson Ian Sams a “clown” Wednesday, after Sams dismissed a recent … Read more
