DOJ cites AI deepfakes as reason to withhold Hur interview audio

From BizPac Review:

Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice has offered what Judicial Watch has called an “unprecedented assertion” that the audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur should be kept from the public because “AI” — artificial intelligence — could be used to alter Biden’s words.

Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ in March for failing to respond to requests for the tape, and filed a new lawsuit on Friday in response to the “AI” argument, which it called a “disturbing development.”

“Wow. Judicial Watch’s FOIA lawsuit forced the Biden team to admit what everyone suspected – that the transcript is not accurate and was changed in a way to help Biden,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a release. “There is nothing ordinary about this, and the transcript inaccuracy issues seem to help Biden’s political campaign needs. We, today initiated a new FOIA request on this Biden’s Nixonian tape scandal.”