Consultant for Joe Biden's political rival Rep. Dean Phillips admits he commissioned robocall using AI of president's voice

A political consultant for Joe Biden's long shot primary competitor Rep. Dean Phillips admitted to being behind the fake robocall using AI to impersonate the president.

Steve Kramer said he commissioned the robocall using artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate the voice of President Biden, according to a Sunday NBC News report.

His admission comes after New Orleans street magician and illusionist Paul Carpenter claimed a Democratic political consultant paid him $150 to create a deep fake of Biden's voice for a robocall telling supporters they don't need to vote in the New Hampshire primary.

Carpenter used AI software to imitate Biden's voice in the message.

A political consultant for President Joe Biden's longshot primary competitor Rep. Dean Phillips (pictured) came forward to admit he commissioned the AI robocall of the president's voice telling voters not to participate in the New Hampshire primary in Janiuary

Steve Kramer admitted to commissioning the deepfake robocall of Biden's voice

Kramer expressed to NBC News his remorse for commissioning the call and said more needs to be done to prevent it from happening in the future.

'With a mere $500 investment, anyone could replicate my intentional call,' Kramer said. 'Immediate action is needed across all regulatory bodies and platforms.'

The call launched several investigations by law enforcement and provoked outcry from watchdogs and those who run elections.

Rep. Phillips (D-Minn.) paid Kramer more than $250,000 around the time the robocall came out in January, according to campaign finance records. But Kramer did not say to NBC News whether he was directed to make the call by his client.

Phillips is still running a long shot primary bid against Biden – and was hoping for an upset in New Hampshire last month.  

Illusionist Paul Carpenter says he was hired by Dean Phillips operative Steve Kramer in January to imitate Biden's voice

In explaining the robocall purchase, Kramer said: 'The evening of Sunday, January 20th, 2 days before the New Hampshire primary, I sent out an automated call to 5,000 most likely to vote Democrats.'

'Using easy to use online technology, an automated version of President Joe Biden's voice was created,' Kramer said in a statement.

Phillips has denounced the robocall and his campaign insists it had no knowledge of Kramer's involvement. They said if they were aware, he would have been terminated on the spot.