Gail Huntley recognised the gravelly voice of Joe Biden as soon as she picked up the phone one day in January. Huntley, a 73-year-old resident of New Hampshire, was planning to vote for the president in the state’s upcoming primary, so she was confused that a pre-recorded message from him was urging her not to.
“It’s important that you save your vote for the November election,” the message said. “Voting this Tuesday only enables the Republicans in their quest to elect Donald Trump again.”
Huntley quickly realised the call was fake, but assumed Biden’s words had been taken out of context. She was shocked when it became clear that the recording was AI-generated. Within weeks the US had outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by AI.
The Biden deepfake
