Joe Biden's opponent advisor admits to fake phone calls imitating the president | United States of America

An American political consultant, working on the campaign of Dean Phillips, a Democratic congressman in the race for the White House (despite his lack of expression in opinion polls), declared that he is the promoter of robocalls and fraudulent phone calls, usurping the voice of President Joe Biden.

The AI-generated phone call urged voters not to vote in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, contested by Joe Biden and Dean Phillips, just days before heading to the polls at the end of January. The case led to an investigation into an “unlawful attempt to disrupt” the vote.

The incident has increased the concerns of the authorities, analysts and associations, who fear a sharp increase in audio and video montage for the purposes of misinformation, during the US presidential elections and other related elections that will be held in different parts of the world this year.

Steve Cramer, a consultant hired for the campaign of Dean Phillips, the congressman-elect from Minnesota who is now presenting himself as the Democratic alternative to Joe Biden, admitted on Sunday to NBC News that he hired magician Paul Carpenter to imitate Biden's voice thanks to… Artificial intelligence tool.

He also confirmed that the calls were made without regard to Dean Phillips' campaign, and stated that he had received a subpoena from the North American Communications Regulatory Commission (FCC).

“I'm glad he admitted. “The United States should already have safeguards in place to prevent harmful uses of AI,” the Democratic candidate declared on social media, taking part of the blame. “The responsibility lies with me. (…) As he himself admitted yesterday, the call to imitate Joe Biden in New Hampshire came only on his initiative, and I condemn it.”

The political advisor justified himself by saying that he meant to warn about the dangers of artificial intelligence in politics. “It's an opportunity for me to make a difference. And that's what I did,” he told NBC. “For $500, I did a transaction worth $5 million. Mind you, middle Or the reaction of the authorities.”

Kramer's fake phone message began with the phrase:What a bunch of malarkey(translated into Portuguese: “a lot of bullshit”), one of Joe Biden's most distinctive expressions.

“Voting this Tuesday only helps Republicans in their bid to elect Donald Trump again. Your vote makes a difference in November, not this Tuesday,” the voice on the call urged, downplaying the value of going to the polls in New Hampshire's Democratic primary.

“The advisor and the person responsible for hiring him are no longer associated with my campaign,” Dean Phillips explained.

In early February, the FCC decided to ban robocalls made using voices generated by artificial intelligence software (Automated calls),​ due to the increasingly sophisticated counterfeits that this technology allows.