The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed artificial intelligence-generated political robocalls in response to an uptick in so-called deepfakes intended to sound like candidates, including <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/02/06/biden-deepfake-robocall-urging-voters-to-skip-new-hampshire-primary-traced-to-texas-company/?sh=4395fd17241b" target="_self" class="color-link" title="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/02/06/biden-deepfake-robocall-urging-voters-to-skip-new-hampshire-primary-traced-to-texas-company/?sh=4395fd17241b" data-ga-track="InternalLink:https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/02/06/biden-deepfake-robocall-urging-voters-to-skip-new-hampshire-primary-traced-to-texas-company/?sh=4395fd17241b" aria-label="thousands of calls">thousands of calls</a> in New Hampshire last month using a vocal clone of President Joe Biden.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/65c4fd046c9cdd8fa190f9be/Federal-Communications-Commission-Set-To-Vote-On-Net-Neutrality/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=3798&amp;cropY1=294&amp;cropY2=2432" alt="Federal Communications Commission Set To Vote On Net Neutrality" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion class="expandable" current="-1"><p class="color-body light-text">Thousands of calls went out ahead of the New Hampshire primary last month using an AI-generated <span class="plus" data-ga-track="caption expand">... [+]</span><span class="expanded-caption"> vocal clone of President Joe Biden urging voters not to cast their ballots.</span></p></fbs-accordion><small>Getty Images</small></figcaption>

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>Forbes has contacted the FCC for comment.</p>  <p><em>This is a breaking story and will be updated.</em></p>  </div>


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Thousands of calls went out ahead of the New Hampshire primary last week using an AI-generated vocal clone of President Joe Biden urging voters not to cast their ballots.{ai:summary}<p>The FCC has banned AI-generated political robocalls due to an increase in deepfakes imitating candidates' voices. Thousands of calls were made in New Hampshire using a vocal clone of President Joe Biden.  #politics</p>

AI-Generated Robocalls Banned After Troubling Deepfakes

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