Gov. Newsom signs bills at Dreamforce to combat deepfake election content, discusses AI [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO – Appearing at San Francisco’s Dreamforce conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a series of bills in order to combat deepfake election content.

The start of the conference was headlined by a conversation on stage with Gov. Newsom and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.

They discussed the impact of artificial intelligence across the state of California, as well as guardrails lawmakers are looking to put up to take on the threat of deceptive content.

In conversation with Benioff, Newsom said he had 999 bills on his desk and that 38 of them are related to issues in the digital realm, including altered digital content.

“Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation – especially in today’s fraught political climate,” a statement from Newsom read. “These measures will help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes …