Political Quotes

“Madam President, in a few minutes, Senator Klobuchar, chair of the Rules Committee, will ask for a unanimous consent request on two bills: the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act and the AI Transparency in Elections Act. I want to thank Senator Klobuchar for her leadership on these bills and for her committee's bipartisan work to protect our elections from the potential harms of AI. Both of these bills, the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act and the AI Transparency in Elections Act, have bipartisan support, so the Senate should support them and pass them without delay. Madam President, we are less than 100 days out from the first national elections ever held in the age of AI. We all know AI has many incredible benefits, but alongside those benefits come great risks; and the risks of AI for our elections could be severe. If we are not careful, if we fail to install proper guardrails, AI could jaundice and even totally discredit our entire election system as we know it. Misinformation is already a serious problem in our elections, but AI makes it easier than ever to generate and spread it. It is easier than ever to create deepfakes of candidates. AI already has been used in robocalls to impersonate President Biden for the purposes of misleading voters during the primary. Once that information is out, it is hard-- often impossible--to put the genie back in the bottle.…”