It has also elicited concerns from experts over its rapid growth and use to spread disinformation.
Congress has finally stepped in to create a legal definition and framework addressing these concerns.
The cringeworthy mouthful of a bill looks to outlaw the unethical use of AI-generated content and deepfake technology.
It also aims to regulate the use of copyrighted material in training machine learning models.
The legislation also wants to curb unauthorized data use in training models.
Training data acquisition currently lies in a legal gray area.
Clearview AI is likely the biggestabuserof this training method, but it’s not alone.
Deepfake porn has been an issue for years now, and the tech has only gotten better.
It is telling that Congress has ignored the issue until now.
The proposal comes only months after someone used voice-cloning tech toimpersonatePresident Biden, telling people not to vote.
The usual suspects have spoken out in favor of the bill.
Meanwhile, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and other AI purveyors have remained oddly silent.
