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Senators Are Obsessed With Deepfaking Themselves: Richard Blumenthal Writes a Statement With ChatGPT

Photo: Win McNamee
Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images)

US politicians just can’t quite seem to get over their obsession with using AI chatbots to draft legislation and write speeches. Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal continued that trend on Tuesday and kicked off the hearing with a recording of him warning about the dangers of unregulated AI. Only the recording wasn’t actually the senator but rather a voice cloning software reading a prompt generated by ChatGPT.

“This is not the future we want,” the AI-generated Blumenthal impersonator said.