Political experts weigh in on manipulated video of Kamala Harris

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the election cycle heats up, concerns are growing about the use of artificial intelligence to spread misinformation.

On social media platform X, Newsom said, “manipulating a voice in an ‘ad’ like this one should be illegal. I’ll be signing a bill in a matter of weeks to make sure it is.”

Monday afternoon, Governor Newsom’s office told ABC10 they are working with the legislature to make sure the issue is addressed in a bill that’s already moving through the legislative process this year.

The video used visuals from a real ad recently released by Harris’s presidential campaign, but the original voice over was replaced by AI-generated sound. The person who originally posted the video disclosed that it was a parody, but Musk’s initial post left that out …