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Trump’s Copyright Deal? White House backs both fair use in AI training and Congress’s consideration of facilitating negotiated collective licenses. But White House defers to courts’ resolution of fair use.
Read more: Trump’s Copyright Deal? White House backs both fair use in AI training and Congress’s consideration of facilitating negotiated collective licenses. But White House defers to courts’ resolution of fair use.President Trump’s White House just issued a “National Policy Framework: Artificial Intelligence” for Congress to consider legislative actions related to various AI related issues. Part III deals with the copyright controversies related to AI. The White House tries to thread the needle by (1) stating its view that using copyrighted works to train AI models…
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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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Copyright Office recommends Federal Digital Replica Law, Part I of AI Report
Read more: Copyright Office recommends Federal Digital Replica Law, Part I of AI ReportThe Copyright Office just released Part I of its report on AI. In it, the Office recommends that Congress pass new protection against the knowing distribution of unauthorized digital replicas. “I am pleased to begin sharing the results of our comprehensive study of AI and copyright, with this first set of recommendations to Congress. It…