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Senate panel reviews S.23 requiring disclosure when campaigns use synthetic media
Summary
The Senate Government Operations Committee heard from Sen. Hardy and outside stakeholders on S.23, a bill that would require disclosure when synthetic media (AI-altered audio or images) is used in election materials within 90 days of an election and creates penalties, with stiffer penalties for uses that incite violence.
The Senate Government Operations Committee on Feb. 4, 2025 heard an overview of S.23, a bill that would require campaigns and others to disclose when they use synthetic media — AI-generated or AI-altered audio, images or video — in election materials within 90 days of an election and create civil penalties for violations.
Senator Hardy of Addison, the bill’s lead sponsor, told the committee that the measure is intended to reduce deception in campaigns. “Synthetic media is a more formal way of basically saying AI, the use of, changing images or sound, in a broadcast or in a photograph,” Hardy said, adding that recent incidents include a phone call during New Hampshire primaries that…
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