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Incident 628: Fake Biden Voice in Robocall Misleads New Hampshire Democratic Voters in 2024 Primary Election

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Description: A robocall imitating President Biden's voice urged New Hampshire Democrats to skip the 2024 primary, falsely claiming their votes mattered more in November. Investigators with the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, along with other state AGs, the Industry Traceback Group, and the FCC determined that political consultant Steve Kramer hired Paul Carpenter to create the deepfake, which was distributed by Walter Monk's company, Life Corporation. Rep. Dean Phillips, who employed Kramer, has distanced himself from the incident. Kathy Sullivan, the former New Hampshire Democratic Party chair, was falsely impersonated in the caller ID data used for the robocalls.

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Alleged: unknown developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed President Joe Biden , New Hampshire voters , Kathy Sullivan and Democracy.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
628
Report Count
14
Incident Date
2024-01-21
Editors
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

4.1. Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

Incident Reports

Reports Timeline

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Democrats sound alarm over fake Biden ‘bunch of malarkey’ robocall
New Hampshire robocall kicks off era of AI-enabled election disinformationNew Hampshire authorities trace Biden AI robocall to Texas-based telecom+4
A magician says a Democratic operative paid him to make the fake Biden New Hampshire robocall that is under investigation
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New Hampshire voters sue operative, companies behind Biden AI robocall
Democratic operative indicted over Biden AI robocalls in New Hampshire - ResponseFCC wants major telecoms to step up rules around AI-generated robocalls - Response
Democrats sound alarm over fake Biden ‘bunch of malarkey’ robocall

Democrats sound alarm over fake Biden ‘bunch of malarkey’ robocall

theguardian.com

Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday

Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday

nbcnews.com

Fake Biden robocall not expected to affect NH primary, official says

Fake Biden robocall not expected to affect NH primary, official says

reuters.com

New Hampshire robocall kicks off era of AI-enabled election disinformation

New Hampshire robocall kicks off era of AI-enabled election disinformation

cyberscoop.com

New Hampshire authorities trace Biden AI robocall to Texas-based telecom

New Hampshire authorities trace Biden AI robocall to Texas-based telecom

cyberscoop.com

A magician says a Democratic operative paid him to make the fake Biden New Hampshire robocall that is under investigation

A magician says a Democratic operative paid him to make the fake Biden New Hampshire robocall that is under investigation

nbcnews.com

A New Orleans Magician Was Hired To Make A Biden Robocall, Report Says

A New Orleans Magician Was Hired To Make A Biden Robocall, Report Says

patch.com

Magician claims consultant for Dean Phillips paid him to create fake Biden audio

Magician claims consultant for Dean Phillips paid him to create fake Biden audio

the-independent.com

Democratic operative admits to commissioning fake Biden robocall that used AI

Democratic operative admits to commissioning fake Biden robocall that used AI

nbcnews.com

Magician claims he helped fake Biden’s voice for N.H. robocall: What we know

Magician claims he helped fake Biden’s voice for N.H. robocall: What we know

bostonglobe.com

New Hampshire voters sue operative, companies behind Biden AI robocall

New Hampshire voters sue operative, companies behind Biden AI robocall

cyberscoop.com

Group sues after novel Biden deepfake urged voters to skip N.H. primary

Group sues after novel Biden deepfake urged voters to skip N.H. primary

washingtonpost.com

Democratic operative indicted over Biden AI robocalls in New Hampshire

Democratic operative indicted over Biden AI robocalls in New Hampshire

washingtonpost.com

FCC wants major telecoms to step up rules around AI-generated robocalls

FCC wants major telecoms to step up rules around AI-generated robocalls

cyberscoop.com

Democrats sound alarm over fake Biden ‘bunch of malarkey’ robocall
theguardian.com · 2024

A prominent New Hampshire Democrat wants the makers of a robocall mimicking the voice of Joe Biden and encouraging Democrats not to vote in the primary on Tuesday "prosecuted to the fullest extent" for attempting "an attack on democracy" it…

Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday
nbcnews.com · 2024

MANCHESTER, N.H. --- The New Hampshire attorney general's office says it is investigating what appears to be an "unlawful attempt" at voter suppression after NBC News reported on a robocall impersonating President Joe Biden that told recipi…

Fake Biden robocall not expected to affect NH primary, official says
reuters.com · 2024
Reuters post-incident response

Jan 23 (Reuters) - A fake robocall urging Democrats not to vote in New Hampshire's presidential primary on Tuesday is unlikely to affect the results, the secretary of state said as voters cast ballots in the northern New England state.

"I d…

New Hampshire robocall kicks off era of AI-enabled election disinformation
cyberscoop.com · 2024

Late in the afternoon on Sunday, Jan. 21, Kathy Sullivan received a text from a family member who said they had received a call from Sullivan or her husband and were following up.

The treasurer of a super PAC running a write-in campaign for…

New Hampshire authorities trace Biden AI robocall to Texas-based telecom
cyberscoop.com · 2024

Robocalls featuring the AI-generated voice of President Joe Biden made to New Hampshire voters ahead of the state’s primary last month allegedly originated with a shadowy Texas-based telecommunications firm called Life Corporation, the New …

A magician says a Democratic operative paid him to make the fake Biden New Hampshire robocall that is under investigation
nbcnews.com · 2024

NEW ORLEANS — A Democratic consultant who worked for a rival presidential campaign paid a New Orleans magician to use artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden for a robocall that is now at the center of a multistate law en…

A New Orleans Magician Was Hired To Make A Biden Robocall, Report Says
patch.com · 2024

CONCORD, NH — A New Orleans magician was hired to use artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden for a robocall urging New Hampshire democrats to hold their votes in the presidential primary, according to an exclusive NBC Ne…

Magician claims consultant for Dean Phillips paid him to create fake Biden audio
the-independent.com · 2024

A New Orleans magician is claiming he was paid by a political consultant to create an AI-generated Joe Biden voice that was used in voter suppression robocalls to New Hampshire voters.

Paul Carpenter told NBC News that he was hired by Steve…

Democratic operative admits to commissioning fake Biden robocall that used AI
nbcnews.com · 2024

Steve Kramer, a veteran political consultant working for a rival candidate, acknowledged Sunday that he commissioned the robocall that impersonated President Joe Biden using artificial intelligence, confirming an NBC News report that he was…

Magician claims he helped fake Biden’s voice for N.H. robocall: What we know
bostonglobe.com · 2024

The news broke on the eve of New Hampshire's presidential primary: Someone, somewhere, had used artificial intelligence to mimic the voice of a leading candidate to suppress voter turnout among his supporters.

Thousands of New Hampshire vot…

New Hampshire voters sue operative, companies behind Biden AI robocall
cyberscoop.com · 2024

Three New Hampshire voters and the nonprofit League of Women Voters filed a civil suit Thursday against a number of individuals and companies allegedly behind a January robocall featuring the AI-generated voice of  President Joe Biden that …

Group sues after novel Biden deepfake urged voters to skip N.H. primary
washingtonpost.com · 2024

A voting advocacy group is suing a political consultant and companies behind an AI-generated robocall of President Biden that in January urged New Hampshire voters not to participate in the state's presidential primary.

The League of Women …

Democratic operative indicted over Biden AI robocalls in New Hampshire
washingtonpost.com · 2024
Maegan Vazquez, Meryl Kornfield, Hayden Godfrey post-incident response

Steve Kramer, a Democratic operative who admitted to commissioning an artificial intelligence-generated robocall of President Biden that instructed New Hampshire voters to not vote early this year, is now facing criminal charges and federal…

FCC wants major telecoms to step up rules around AI-generated robocalls
cyberscoop.com · 2024
Derek B. Johnson post-incident response

The Federal Communications Commission is pressing telecommunications carriers for more transparency around efforts to curb the use of voice-cloned robocalls that impersonate political candidates over their networks.

Chairwoman Jessica Rosen…

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