Newsom signs deepfake, other AI bills into law
Newsom's deepfake election laws are already being challenged in federal court
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills to combat deepfake election content and remove deceptive material from social media, but two are facing court challenges.
Newsom signs deepfake, other AI bills into law in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday signed multiple artificial intelligence (AI) bills aimed at preventing the misuse of sexually explicit deepfakes. Newsom’s signature on the three AI-related bills marks the Golden State’s latest efforts to place guardrails on the advancing technology amid concerns over the spread of deepfakes,
Gavin Newsom signs anti-deepfake law—prompting everyone to share the deepfake he was upset about
Yesterday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed two anti-deepfake bills into law that prohibit the distribution of deepfakes related to elections and require social media platforms to label and provide mechanisms to report them. The laws allow victims and politicians to now sue if companies don’t enforce the new regulation.
Kamala Harris AI video creator sues California over Newsom deepfake law
The creator of a viral July post on X that used artificial intelligence to mock Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is suing to block a California law regulating political AI and deepfakes. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed AB 2839 into law in an attempt to keep AI-aided political disinformation out of the election.
New California AI Legislation Affecting Hollywood
Under current choice of law cases, these new laws are likely to apply only to plaintiffs domiciled in California (including at time of death for deceased personalities), regardless of where the offending act occurred.
Here is what’s illegal under California’s 8 (and counting) new AI laws
California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk for final approval. These bills try to address the most pressing issues in artificial intelligence: everything from futuristic AI systems creating existential risk,
California Lawmakers Think They Can Outsmart AI
California is notoriously absurd on this front, as our top politicians routinely make grandiose pronouncements. Their latest ban will change the trajectory of Earth's climate patterns! They will stand up to greed and Other Evil Forces!
California's new AI regulations are cracking down on political deepfakes
The introduction of advanced generative artificial intelligence has made that threat more pervasive, but California's new regulations will hold social media platforms accountable for what the platforms allow to spread.
Creator of fake Kamala Harris video Musk boosted sues Calif. over deepfake laws
Kohls' video that Musk shared seemingly would violate these laws by using AI to make Harris appear to give speeches that she ...
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Turing research discounts deepfake influence on elections as govts ramp up regulation
The year 2024 will be remembered for several globally important national elections but also for warnings over the deepfake ...
Creator of Kamala Harris parody video sues California over 'deepfake' law
A video creator is suing the State of California for a new law labeling the use of "deepfake" artificial intelligence ...
How to avoid falling victim to an AI deepfake voice scam
So-called ‘Deepfake’ voice-cloning scams are booming, due to the sheer ease of making a convincing voice clone of a person.
AI nonprofit TrueMedia gets real with release of free deepfake detection tool ahead of elections
TrueMedia, the Seattle-based nonpartisan nonprofit that is using AI to detect deepfakes and combat disinformation, made its ...
Newsom signs election 'deepfake' ban, Musk claps back resharing AI-altered video of Kamala Harris
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Tuesday banning “deepfakes" but X owner Elon Musk quickly reshared an ...
California Passes Election ‘Deepfake’ Laws, Forcing Social Media Companies to Take Action
The state joins dozens of others in regulating the A.I. fakery in ways that could impact this year’s presidential race.
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Deepfake-AI crackdown
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed bills to crack down on sexually explicit deepfakes and to require generative AI ...
Man jailed for deepfake porn seeks state compensation after acquittal
A man whose conviction for making deepfake pornography of an acquaintance was overturned is now seeking state compensation ...