The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined a political consultant $6 million for making millions of illegal robocalls using artificial intelligence voices. The FCC alleges that Scott Rhodes, the founder of a political robocall company, made 3.5 million robocalls to households across the country without obtaining consent. The calls used artificial or prerecorded voice messages to deliver anti-abortion messages and promote candidates for federal office. The FCC stated that the calls violated the Truth in Caller ID Act, which prohibits manipulating caller ID information with the intent to defraud or cause harm. The FCC’s investigation found that Rhodes’ company used spoofed caller ID information to make the robocalls appear as if they were coming from local numbers. The FCC’s fine is one of the largest ever issued for violating the Truth in Caller ID Act and aims to deter similar robocall campaigns in the future.