The FCC Is Deciding Whether an AI Can Call Your Cellphone About the Election Without Asking. The Group That Wants It Says It's Not a Robocall Because a Person Presses the Button
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Reuters and the AP reported on October 7 that the FCC is weighing a Club for Growth petition to let political groups call cellphones with artificial or AI-generated voices without prior consent, with reply comments due October 19 and a possible ruling in late October, before the November 3 midterms. The group says the calls are not robocalls because a human initiates each dial and an AI agent then conducts the conversation; Commissioner Anna Gomez says it would bring 'chaos so close to Election Day.'
