Video: Victorian MP calls for AI regulation using AI rendering
Published on Monday, March 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
Victorian MPs are using AI technology to seek regulation of AI technology.
“Hello, I’m not Jeremy Caradonna. I’m a fabricated visual representation that looks like him and sounds like him,” a video representation of the city councilman says. The artificial intelligence version aims to highlight how easy it is for digital works that appear authentic to distribute false information or fabricated content.
“If I were generated by a malicious person, they could make me say whatever I wanted in this authentic-looking direction. It’s not hard to imagine how these technologies could spread disinformation and undermine the very principles of representative government. So what do you do as a decision-maker?”
Mr. Caradonna will ask Parliament to urge the British Columbia Federation of Cities and the Canadian Federation of Municipalities to urge the provincial and federal governments to work with local governments to develop reasonable and legally enforceable regulations for AI technologies that protect democracy and national sovereignty, reduce social and political divisions, and actively combat misinformation and disinformation.
Over the past few years, artificial intelligence has developed rapidly, bringing both opportunities and challenges.
The benefits in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, transportation and health care are undeniable, but so is the potential to destabilize democracy by undermining the information voters and elected officials rely on to make decisions, he said.
“From local to state to federal governments, we must come together to create reasonable, reasonable, and enforceable regulations that protect everything we hold dear about our democracy and allow AI to thrive in relevant areas,” the real Caradonna said in a news release. “Addressing the harms and threats of AI requires a coordinated, whole-of-government approach, as each level of government faces unique risks and concerns.”
Computer-generated content with an air of authenticity presents unique and pressing challenges and should be considered a national security threat that poses a risk to all levels of government and the principles that underpin democratic societies, he said.
Caradonna is expected to seek parliamentary approval at the April 2 committee meeting.
The motion will be presented at the UBCM (Provincial Advocates for Local Government) annual conference in Vancouver, September 14-18, and its federal counterpart, FCM, in Edmonton, Alta., June 4-7.
Visit victoria.ca for the complete agenda and how to participate online.
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