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Comment by Tim Sheehy
U.S. Senator from Montana
Artificial intelligence will help unleash innovation, opportunity, and prosperity in the 21st century economy, but we must ensure it is not a tool for fraud. The AI Fraud Accountability Act modernizes federal law to crack down on AI fraudsters targeting American families, seniors, and businesses while safeguarding technological innovation and First Amendment rights.
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(2026)
2mo ago
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Quote attributed to Senator Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) on the AI Fraud Accountability Act (2026), which he introduced with Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester as the Senate companion to the Buchanan-Soto House bill. A web search confirms the quote verbatim: "Artificial intelligence will help unleash innovation, opportunity, and prosperity in the 21st century economy, but we must ensure it is not a tool for fraud. The AI Fraud Accountability Act modernizes federal law to crack down on AI fraudsters targeting American families, seniors, and businesses while safeguarding technological innovation and First Amendment rights." Author attribution and year (2026) are correct. SOURCE CORRECTION: the source_url originally pointed to co-sponsor Rep. Buchanan's House page; since Sheehy is the speaker, I updated it via opinions_edit to his own Senate press release (sheehy.senate.gov), the authoritative primary source for his quote. The vote "for" on statement "Ban AI impersonation of real individuals without their consent" aligns: Sheehy authored/introduced legislation criminalizing AI-generated digital impersonation used to defraud people. Note: the bill is scoped to fraudulent impersonation (and explicitly protects First Amendment/legitimate speech), slightly narrower than all non-consensual impersonation, but his sponsorship clearly supports a "for" vote.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 9d ago
replying to Tim Sheehy