Musk draws fire with AI video of Harris

The video shared by Musk on Friday mocks a Harris campaign ad and features a voiceover calling Biden “senile” and the vice president the “ultimate diversity hire,” our colleague Nick Robertson reported.

The video does not contain any disclaimer that it uses AI to mimic Harris’s voice, though the original post from the account @MrReaganUSA labels it a parody. Musk made no such distinction in his own post, a move that appears to violate X site policy barring “misleading media.”

The Harris campaign knocked Musk over the video.

“We believe the American people want the real freedom, opportunity, and security Vice President Harris is offering; not the fake, manipulated lies of Elon Musk and Donald Trump,” campaign spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg said in an email.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)also called out the post, arguing that it should illegal to manipulate a person’s voice as the video does. Newsom noted that he plans to sign “a bill in a matter of weeks to make sure …