Summary
- Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell opposes bipartisan legislation to ban the use of AI to create deceptive content about federal candidates
- McConnell argues that the bills would tamper with the established legal regime for taking down false ads and create new definitions that could reach beyond deepfakes
- The proposed bills are backed by several senators but McConnell expresses concerns about the nebulous definitions and potential censorship
- McConnell urges colleagues to spend more time on the issue to reach a consensus understanding of acceptable AI use in political speech
