The Election Commission on Friday directed all national and regional political parties not to publish or transmit AI-generated content depicting a person without [his or her] consent, saying it “is a deep threat and challenge because of its ability to masquerade as the truth and unwittingly trap political stakeholders into incorrect conclusions”.

“It has been brought to the notice of the ECI that the misuse of hyper-realistic synthetically generated information, including depicting political leaders making electorally sensitive statements, is contaminating the level-playing field in the electoral arena, disrupting fair and equal conditions for all political participants, which is a sine qua non for preserving the integrity of the political campaigning during elections,” the EC wrote to pr

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