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On Thursday, Jessica Rosenworcel, boss of America's communications watchdog, said machine-learning software could potentially convince people to do things like donating money to fraudulent causes.

Last month, New Hampshire residents received a fake call mimicking President Joe Biden's voice telling them to not vote in the state's Presidential primary election in an attempt to disrupt results.

"That's why the FCC is taking steps to recognize this emerging technology as illegal under existing law, giving our partners at State Attorneys General offices across the country new tools they can use to crack down on these scams and protect consumers."

The agency believes the use of AI voice cloning technology in robocall scams should be criminalized under the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Current laws require telemarketers to have explicit consent from consumers before they can make automated calls using "an artificial or prerecorded" voice.

I commend the partners in this bipartisan coalition for seeing the potential harm AI can present to consumers already overwhelmed by robocalls and text communications."

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