PIERRE, (KCCR) — A bill to prevent the use of artificial intelligence from interfering in South Dakota elections through the use of deepfakes in political advertising has passed the South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee. Senator Liz Larson, a democrat, sed a deepfake example to show how deceptive the practice can be for use in political advertising…
Opposition for the bill came largely of southeast South Dakota election integrity supporters. Rick Weibel of Elkton tried to poke a number of holes in the bill…
District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff of Pierre supported passage of the bill…
The measure cleared the Senate State Affairs Committee eight-to-one and heads to the Senate for final consideration. It must pass the Senate tomorrow on Crossover Day or fail this year.
