Court lays out requirements for telecom companies used to spread Biden deepfake

Two telecommunications companies used to circulate an impersonation of former President Biden from a spoofed telephone number in the lead-up to the last election have acknowledged the use of artificial intelligence could have intimidated voters and agreed to implement a program to prevent such transmissions going forward.

The program is part of a settlement resolving claims brought by the League of Women Voters of the U.S. and others who “alleged that thousands of New Hampshire voters received robocalls using artificial...