Summary
Ohio Democratic congressional candidate Matthew Diemer is using an AI tool from Civox to engage with voters, allowing them to have basic conversations with an AI version of himself. Civox ensures that the AI only contacts voters who have opted in to receive updates from his campaign. While regulators are cracking down on AI-generated deepfakes in politics, Civox CEO Ilya Mouzykantskii emphasizes the importance of using AI responsibly and transparently. Mouzykantskii believes that AI has tremendous potential in government and politics if used ethically.
Key Points
1. Ohio Democratic congressional candidate Matthew Diemer is using AI technology from Civox to engage with voters, allowing them to have basic conversations and ask questions.
2. Civox, a London-based company, provides chatbots that can effectively represent a candidate, interacting one-on-one with constituents to reach a larger audience than a human candidate could alone.
3. While concerns about deepfakes and misinformation exist, Diemer and Civox are focused on using AI responsibly, disclosing at the start of each call that the caller is an artificial intelligence agent and rejecting requests to misrepresent the AI as human.