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A new California law will allow performers to back out of existing contracts if vague language might allow studios to freely use AI to digitally clone their voices and likeness. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off Tuesday on legislation aiming at protecting Hollywood actors and performers against unauthorized artificial intelligence that could be used to

Like a slew of innovations that preceded it — from the telegraph to nanotechnology — artificial intelligence is both changing a wide swath of our landscape and raising an equally broad set of concerns.Source: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-research-policy-regulation-degree/ At Berkeley Law, a Silicon Valley neighbor long renowned for its top technology law programs, the faculty, students, research centers,

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Our webinar explored liability that can be incurred from the creation use or deployment of AI systems and raised some important questions around the current and future regulatory landscape applicable to AI and liability. We also discussed the regulatory and tortious liability regimes in the UK and across the EU and considered the potential for

On September 17, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2602 into California law (to be codified at Cal. Lab. Code §927).  The law addresses the use of “digital replicas” of performers.  As defined in the law, a digital replica is:

a computer-generated, highly realistic electronic representation that is readily identifiable as the voice or visual

On 5 September  2024, the EU, UK and US joined seven other states[1] in signing the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (“Treaty”) – the first international treaty governing the safe use of artificial intelligence (‘‘AI’’).[2] The Treaty remains subject to ratification,

YouTube has announced a slate of new AI detection tools to enhance its ContentID system. The tools are designed to address the challenges posed by AI-generated content, which is becoming increasingly prevalent and sophisticated. The announcement coincides with industry-wide calls for more robust detection mechanisms as the lines between AI-generated and human-produced content continue to