Tag: Preemption

Revised No FAKES Act Still Poses Danger of Our Losing Control of our Digital Selves

On May 21st, the Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing to consider “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” of “AI-Generated Deepfakes.” In addition to a broad-based conversation about the dangers and opportunities presented by generative AI technology that can deceptively replicate a person’s voice, likeness, and performances, the hearing considered a revised version of...
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Copyright Office Calls for Congressional Action on Digital Replicas

Late this summer, the U.S. Copyright Office released the first of its planned reports on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence. This one, designated as Part 1, addresses “Digital Replicas”. It was notably released the same day that members of the Senate introduced a bipartisan digital replica bill. The Report generally supports a federal digital replica law...
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NO FAKES Act Introduced in Senate

On July 31st, right before the summer recess, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the NO FAKES Act, which has been substantially revised and improved from the previously circulated discussion draft. The bill seeks to address concerns over the use of unauthorized digital replicas of real people in the wake of improved and widely available...
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