Lawmakers call for crackdown on AI deepfakes after Grok backlash

A group of Democratic lawmakers are pushing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to increase regulation on artificial intelligence deepfakes following the release of the social media platform X’s AI chatbot Grok.

In a letter to the FEC on Monday, Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) and a handful of other House members asked the regulatory agency to clarify whether AI-generated deepfakes of election candidates are classified as “fraudulent misrepresentation.”

In doing so, the lawmakers...