Joe Biden’s address last night several tech things, like AI voice cloning. The president of the U.S. said he wants to stop “AI Voice cloning” because an unknown person used his voice to change an election this year.
“Here at home, I have signed over 400 bills that both parties agree on. There’s more to pass my plan for unity,”
President Biden
He then went on to say he would punish those who are guilty, “Make the punishment harder for fentanyl selling, pass a bill that both parties like to keep our kids safe online, use the power of AI to protect us from danger, stop AI voice faking, and more.”
The Reason
Why Biden wants to stop AI voice cloning is a good question, here is why! In January 2024, a phone call went to the New Hampshire voters telling them not to vote in their first election, and to “save their votes” for the last election.
The voice used in that phone call was Joe Biden’s cloned voice which was made by ElevenLabs, an online application that turns text into speech.
FCC also agreed that AI-made voices are not allowed in robocalls under the 1991 law that protects phone users. FCC further said AI voices can trick people into scams and other lies because the the voices of famous people.
The use of AI to make actors’ voices and faces again was one of the problems that made the actors’ group strike. It ended after they agreed that actors say yes and get paid well when their AI copies are used, but not everyone liked the deal.
