Exclusive: OpenAI endorses bill banning deceptive AI in election ads

OpenAI is endorsing a bill that would ban deceptive AI material in political advertising, the first time the AI giant is throwing its support behind election-related legislation, per an announcement shared first with Axios. The big picture: The company is backing Sen. Amy Klobuchar's bipartisan Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act ahead of its Wednesday markup in the Senate Rules Committee. • The bill would ban AI-generated audio, images or video related to federal candidates in political advertisements that is purposely misleading, with certain exceptions for parody and satire. •...