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Judge John Mendez grants Kohls’ motion for preliminary injunction to stop CA enforcement of deepfake law AB 2839
Read more: Judge John Mendez grants Kohls’ motion for preliminary injunction to stop CA enforcement of deepfake law AB 2839Federal district Judge John Mendez granted Christopher Kohl’s motion for preliminary injunction to stop California’s enforcement of the deepfake election law AB 2839. As we discussed earlier, this law attempts to regulate deceptive media in advertisements), an urgency measure expands the timeframe in which a committee or other entity is prohibited from knowingly distributing an advertisement or…
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Gov. Newsom writes letter vetoing AI safety bill SB 1047 — using Century Gothic font
Read more: Gov. Newsom writes letter vetoing AI safety bill SB 1047 — using Century Gothic fontGovernor Newsom wrote a letter to the California State Senate explaining why he vetoed SB 1047, the AI safety bill. But what he didn’t explain is why he wrote the letter in Century Gothic font, see below. Century Gothic font is a modern (Sans-serif) font not typically used in professional or legal letters. As ChatGPT…
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Gov. Newsom signs into law 8 AI deepfake bills. But are they all constitutional?
Read more: Gov. Newsom signs into law 8 AI deepfake bills. But are they all constitutional?Governor Gavin Newsom was busy last week. He signed not one, not two, not three … but eight deepfake bills into law in California. Tech Crunch has an excellent summary of the new laws. Plus, there are 30 more AI bills for him to sign or veto, including the highly controversial safety bill SB 1047.…
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Gov. Newsom signs into law 5 deepfake bills: 3 on elections and 2 on digital replicas of performers
Read more: Gov. Newsom signs into law 5 deepfake bills: 3 on elections and 2 on digital replicas of performersGovernor Gavin Newsom was busy yesterday, signing not one, not two, not three … but five deepfake bills into law in California. We’ve extracted the relevant descriptions provided by Newsom’s press releases below. 2 Laws related to unauthorized uses of digital replicas for voice and likeness of a person AB 1836 (Use of likeness: digital replica)…
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California’s SB 1047 AI safety law awaits Gov. Newsom approval. Summary of SB 1047.
Read more: California’s SB 1047 AI safety law awaits Gov. Newsom approval. Summary of SB 1047.California’s legislature passed the AI safety bill, SB 1047. The bill imposes safety requirements on AI models that required over $100 million to train. As the bill itself summarizes (with headings added by me):