一张佐治亚州College Park市市长Bianca Motley Broom在酒吧亲吻一名男子（并非她丈夫）的照片在Facebook上广泛传播。现在，人们正在更快地传播它是假的这一事实，但仅在被数千人看到之后才开始。
An image of College Park, Georgia mayor Bianca Motley Broom kissing a man – who was not her husband – in a bar spread far and wide on Facebook. The fact that it`s fake is spreading faster, now, but only after it had been seen by thousands of people.
“我认为这是一种对我们民主现状以及政治话语状态的悲伤评论，”Motley Broom说。“它还试图强化关于女性领导者的陈旧刻板印象。”六年前，当Motley Broom首次在亚特兰大郊区上任时，政治对手至少需要具备基本的图像编辑软件技能，才能伪造一张政治人物处于尴尬境地的照片。如今，只需要一台电脑和一个AI图像生成器的提示即可。
“I think this is a sad commentary about where we are in our democracy, and where we are in our political discourse,” Motley Broom said. “It also seeks to reinforce really tired stereotypes about women in leadership.”Six years ago, when Motley Broom first took office in the Atlanta suburb, a political enemy might have needed at least rudimentary skill with image-editing software to forge an image of a politician in a compromising position. Today, all that is required is a computer and a prompt for an AI image generator.
由人工智能驱动的深度伪造和错误信息的威胁已成为立法者、倡导者和公众深切关注的焦点。
The threat of deepfakes and misinformation driven by artificial intelligence has become a point of deep concern by legislators, advocates and the public.
Rad Campaign（一家数字营销机构）和Women Who Tech（一个支持女性企业家的倡导组织）在六月中旬进行的一项调查显示，约71%的受访者担心AI生成的深度伪造和错误信息会影响选举，而三分之二的受访者表示担心AI被用于性化女性。
A poll taken mid-June by Rad Campaign, a digital marketing agency, and Women Who Tech, an advocacy organization for female entrepreneurs, showed that about 71% of respondents worry about AI-generated deepfakes and disinformation affecting elections, while two in three respondents said they were concerned about AI being used to sexualize women.
“调查结果表明，美国人更担心AI在深度伪造、选举错误信息以及对女性和儿童的性化方面的使用，而非其对就业或经济的影响，”Rad Campaign创始人兼Women Who Tech联合创始人Allyson Kapin说。
“The findings show that Americans are more concerned about AI`s use in deepfakes, election disinformation, and the sexualization of women and children than its impact on jobs or the economy,” said Allyson Kapin, founder of the Rad Campaign and cofounder of Women Who Tech.
特朗普政府倾向于使用AI图像。1月，白宫在社交媒体平台X上的官方账号发布了一张经过数字修改的Nekima Levy Armstrong的照片，她因与一次扰乱明尼苏达州圣保罗市教堂礼拜的示威活动有关而被逮捕。
The Trump administration has a penchant for deploying AI imagery. In January, the White House`s official account on the social media platform X posted a digitally altered image of Nekima Levy Armstrong, who had been arrested in connection with a demonstration that disrupted church services in St Paul, Minnesota.
一张她被国土安全部（DHS）工作人员平静护送的图片被篡改，让她看起来像是在哭泣，同时她的皮肤也被处理得看起来更暗了。白宫副新闻主任凯兰·多尔（Kaelan Dorr）后来将这张图片称为“网络迷因”（meme）。
A picture of her calmly being escorted by a DHS agent was altered so that she appeared to be crying, and her skin had been darkened. Kaelan Dorr, the White House deputy communications director, later described the image as a “meme”.
2月份，纽约市长佐赫兰·马姆达米（Zohran Mamdami）的虚假图片也开始在社交平台上流传，这些图片来自一个恶搞账号，错误地将他和他的母亲与声名狼藉的金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）描绘在一起。路透社使用谷歌的SynthID工具揭穿了这些虚假图片的真实性，但在此之前，其他账号已经将这些图片当作真实内容再次传播，从而加剧了阴谋论的蔓延。
Fake images of Zohran Mamdami, New Yorks mayor, also began circulating from a “parody” account on X in February, falsely depicting him and his mother in the company of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Using Googles SynthID tool, Reuters debunked the images, but not before other accounts had recirculated them as authentic, fueling conspiracy theories.
尽管人们对人工智能可能带来的经济影响感到担忧，但对深度伪造图像（deepfake images）被用于性骚扰女性或儿童、或影响选举的担忧要远远超过对人工智能可能取代人类工作的担忧（这种担忧的比例约为3:1），卡平（Kapin）指出。“公众对此非常担忧。”
Despite significant apprehension around the potential economic consequences of AI, concern about deepfake images being used to sexualize women or children, or to influence elections, outstrips concern about AI affecting jobs by about three to one, Kapin said. “The public is deeply concerned.”
事实与虚构的界限佐治亚州民主党参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克（Raphael Warnock）在脸书上发布的一段视频中表示，网上流传着一些虚假图片，这些图片将他描绘成患有健康问题、拥有一大群实际上并不存在的孙子，并且他的头发还浓密茂盛。沃诺克认为这虽然有些滑稽，但确实是个问题。
Fact from fiction Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democratic senator, said in a video posted to Facebook that deepfake images had been circulating online falsely depicting him with health problems, with an armful of grandchildren he does not have – and with a full head of hair, which he said was funny, if problematic. “As these tools become increasingly powerful, it will get harder and harder to distinguish fact from fiction, and there are already bad actors out there, who are doing everything they can to divide us and confuse us,” Warnock said.
“随着这些技术的日益强大，区分事实与虚构将变得越来越困难。目前已经有不良分子在利用这些技术来分裂和误导公众，”沃诺克说。“这对我们的民主制度有着深远的影响。如果在选举前几小时，有人利用人工智能制造虚假图片和新闻来影响选民，选民将如何辨别哪些信息是真实的、哪些是虚假的呢？”沃诺克属于那些一直在研究应对选举干预可能性的民主党参议员之一。他们重点关注的是通过社交媒体传播的虚假信息或视频所引发的舆论操纵行为。
“This has huge implications for our democracy. What if hours before an election, someone created a page with AI, generated images, fake stories about the candidates, how will voters know whats true, and whats not true?”Warnock is among a group of senate Democrats who have been war-gaming political responses to possible election interference scenarios. Chief among those scenarios: disinformation driven by fabricated images or videos circulated through social media. Outgoing US senator John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, offered a bill last week requiring AI firms to install a “kill switch” for rogue AI.
即将卸任的美国参议员、共和党人约翰·肯尼迪（代表路易斯安那州）上周提出一项法案，要求人工智能企业为失控的人工智能系统安装“紧急关闭开关”。来自肯塔基州的参议员兰德·保罗阻止了肯尼迪的法案，称在未进一步听取行业意见的情况下，这项努力为时过早。
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky blocked Kennedy`s bill, describing the effort as premature without additional industry input. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic House minority leader, said in an interview earlier this month on SiriusXM that government should move “urgently” on AI regulations, broadly, calling for “guardrails to protect the American people from bad actors and bad behavior”, adding: “It should be a high priority.”
众议院民主党少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯本月早些时候接受SiriusXM采访时表示，政府应“紧急”推进人工智能监管，呼吁设置“护栏，保护美国人民免受恶意行为者和不良行为侵害”，并补充说：“这应是一项高度优先的事项。”杰弗里斯指出，去年共和党曾试图通过立法，以联邦规则优先于各州对人工智能的监管，并将相关条款纳入综合性的《一个大而美法案》。该修正案在参议院以99票反对、1票赞成未能通过。
Jeffries noted that Republicans attempted to pass legislation preempting states from regulating AI last year, as part of the omnibus One Big Beautiful Bill. The amendment failed on a 99-1 vote in the senate. State legislatures are also wrestling with AI regulation amid a widespread, bipartisan public backlash.
在各州立法机构艰难应对人工智能监管的同时，两党阵营中广泛出现了公众反弹。一些州出台了类似田纳西州《确保肖像、声音和图像安全法》（简称《猫王法》）这样的立法，利用该州完善的形象公开权保护机制，防止政治人物和普通居民的声音被人工智能克隆、数字形象被复制；这一保护机制源自纳什维尔的录音产业。
Some states have legislation like Tennessees Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act – the Elvis Act – which protects politicians and residents alike from AI voice cloning and digital likeness replication, using the states robust right-of-publicity protections that are a product of Nashville`s recording industry. Clear disclaimers are legally required in most states when a political campaign uses AI to manipulate the speeches, appearances or actions of officials or candidates.
在美国大多数州，政治竞选若利用人工智能操纵官员或候选人的言论、外表或行动，法律都要求作出明确披露。乔治亚州并不在其中。
Georgia is not one of them. While legislators in Georgia began debated deepfake protections in bills proposed in 2024 and 2025, they have not yet enacted legislation.
乔治亚州立法者虽已在2024年和2025年提出的法案中开始讨论深度伪造防护问题，但该州迄今仍未通过相关法律。
Motley Broom said she believes she was targeted by political opponents who objected to her role as a past president of the Georgia Municipal Association.
莫蒂尔·布鲁姆表示，她认为自己被政治对手针对，这些对手反对她曾担任佐治亚市政协会主席的角色。“我一直为我的城市努力，尽力成为科利奇帕克的最佳倡导者，”莫蒂尔·布鲁姆说。“我绝不会被认为有影响力的网络喷子所吓倒。”当被问及立法者应该如何处理此事时，她暂停了一下，表示可以考虑在佐治亚州现行诽谤法下采取法律行动，但她强调必须考虑第一修正案对言论的保护。
“I have worked for my city to try to be the best advocate I can be on behalf of College Park,” Motley Broom said. “And I certainly won`t be deterred by internet trolls who think this carries weight.”While she could consider legal action under existing defamation law in Georgia, Motley Broom paused for a moment when asked what legislators should be doing about this. The first amendment protection for speech has to be considered, she said.
“这类攻击不应无后果，”她说。“我希望立法者能够以一种平衡第一修正案保护与个人不被完全虚假指控的权利的方式来处理此事。我真的很希望……州级和联邦级的立法者能认真思考这一点，因为这只是冰山一角。”
“These types of attacks should not be without consequences,” she said. “I hope that lawmakers can address this in a way that balances not only first amendment protections, but the right of an individual not to have completely false accusations being levied. And I`m really hopeful that … that lawmakers on the state and federal level can think about that and think about it carefully, because this is the tip of the iceberg.”