The claim is that AI deepfake phone calls imitating President Joe Biden were sent out to disturb and prevent New Hampshire voters from voting. This claim is supported by NBC. The article was written by Alex Seitz-Wald and Mike Memoli. Seitz-Wald is a senior politics reporter and Memoli is a news correspondent for NBC. The article was last updated in January of 2024. The claim is true, however it is important to note that the vote in this context was the primary, not the general election. The NBC article that supports this was posted this year. It quotes the New Hampshire attorney general saying that "New Hampshire voters should disregard the content of this message entirely." I went to the New Hampshire attorney general's website just to double check. Part of the statement reads "the voice in the robocall sounds like the voice of President Biden" and it perfectly matches the account given by NBC. More evidence proving the claim was found in the FCC website. The news release document announces a proposed $6 million fine for the criminals who sent out the deepfake phone calls. Many other mainstream news channels carry this story: AP News, NPR, and the Washington Post which is more updated. It identifies Democrat Steve Kramer as the man behind the deepfake phone calls in his attempt to rally support for Dean Phillips, a rival of Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential nomination. The article includes details of the payment, an AI copying Biden's voice, and the media company that sent out the phone calls. With a colossal amount of evidence from government sources, key officials, and major news sites, it is safe to assume that the claim is true: AI deepfake phone calls imitating President Joe Biden were sent out to disturb and prevent New Hampshire voters from voting in the Democratic primary.
Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/fake-joe-biden-robocall-tells-new-hampshire-democrats-not-vote-tuesday-rcna134984
https://www.doj.nh.gov/news-and-media/voter-suppression-robocall-complaint-election-law-unit
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-6-million-fine-deepfake-robocalls-around-nh-primary
https://apnews.com/article/new-hampshire-primary-biden-ai-deepfake-robocall-f3469ceb6dd613079092287994663db5
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/nx-s1-4977582/fcc-ai-deepfake-robocall-biden-new-hampshire-political-operative
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/26/ai-robocall-biden-new-hampshire/
https://www.nbcnews.com/author/alex-seitz-wald-ncpn385646
https://www.nbcnews.com/author/mike-memoli-ncpn793901
