Colorado Newsline: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Monday warned Colorado voters to be wary of election misinformation and disinformation created by artificial intelligence. 

The Colorado Legislature passed a law this year that requires political candidates to clearly label advertisements that feature content generated by AI. That includes fake voices, videos and images created by a computer to look or sound like an individual, which are known as deepfakes. The law is focused on identifying AI-generated political content, rather than controlling its distribution.

Weiser, a Democrat, issued a public advisory with information to help voters distinguish content made with AI from real content and to educate Coloradans on the requirements of the new law. The advisory encourages consumers to check if a political communication includes disclosure of a deepfake and verify through a trusted source whether any communication includes a deepfake. It also warns that “bad actors” will attempt to influence public opinion through methods not covered by the law. 

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