Audio deepfake fuels US election disinformation fears

Disinformation researchers fear rampant misuse of AI-powered applications in a pivotal election year thanks to proliferating voice cloning tools, which are cheap and easy to use and hard to trace. — Photo by Taylor Grote on Unsplash

WASHINGTON: The 2024 White House race faces the prospect of a firehose of AI-enabled disinformation, with a robocall impersonating US President Joe Biden already stoking particular alarm about audio deepfakes.

"What a bunch of malarkey," said the phone message, digitally spoofing Biden's voice and echoing one of his signature phrases.