California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legis

Here is what’s illegal under California’s 9 (and counting) new AI laws

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2024-09-24 04:00:01

California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk for final approval. These bills try to address the most pressing issues in artificial intelligence: everything from futuristic AI systems creating existential risk, deepfake nudes from AI image generators, to Hollywood studios creating AI clones of dead performers.

“Home to the majority of the world’s leading AI companies, California is working to harness these transformative technologies to help address pressing challenges while studying the risks they present,” said Governor Newsom’s office in a press release.

On Friday, Governor Newsom signed a bill into law requiring robocalls to disclose whether they’ve use AI-generated voices. AB 2905 aims to prevent another instance of the deepfake robocall resembling Joe Biden’s voice that confused many New Hampshire voters earlier this year.

Newsom signed two laws that address the creation and spread of deepfake nudes on Thursday. SB 926 criminalizes the act, making it illegal to blackmail someone with AI-generated nude images that resemble them.