June 27 (Reuters) - The chair of the Federal
Communications Commission asked the CEOs of AT&T ( T ), Verizon
, Comcast ( CMCSA ) and other cable and telecom carriers
to detail efforts to crack down on fraudulent AI-generated
political robocalls, the agency said Thursday.
Last month Steven Kramer, a Louisiana Democratic political
consultant, was indicted over a fake robocall imitating U.S.
President Joe Biden seeking to dissuade people from voting for
him in New Hampshire's Democratic primary election. The FCC in
May proposed to fine Kramer $6 million over the robocalls it
said were using an AI-generated deepfake audio recording of
Biden's cloned voice, saying its rules prohibit transmission of
inaccurate caller ID information. Kramer has pleaded not guilty.