From the president and pop stars to Americans going about their everyday lives, anyone can be targeted by the misuse of artificial intelligence.Over the weekend X, formerly known as Twitter, temporarily displayed an error message on searches for some Taylor Swift images after the music icon became the victim of sexually explicit pictures created by AI that have since been taken down.”So what has happened, unfortunately, (to) Ms. Swift is happening to thousands of women across this country, each and every day,” Democratic Rep. Joe Morelle of New York said.Several House Democrats are hopeful Swift’s case will reenergize a stalled bill that’s focused on regulating the use of AI. “These deep fakes are dangerous,” Morelle added.The proposed Do Not Disturb Act overhauls federal rules regarding robocalls — like one that falsely portrayed President Joe Biden sending to voters during the New Hampshire primary this month.“It’s important that you save your vote for the November election voting. This Tuesday only enables the Republicans in their quest to elect Donald Trump again,” the fake call said.A CNN review of the bill summary finds that it expands the definition of a robocall to include any call or text that uses AI or a pre-recorded message.Violators who use AI to impersonate someone in a robocall could face higher fines, and even authorized robocalls would have to disclose any use of artificial technology.”It’s going to take the Congress, it’s going to take our law enforcement agencies and it is going to take the private sector to build these safeguards, but then to make sure that they’re enforced and that we protect people,” Morelle said.The Do Not Disturb Act would additionally force phone providers to offer free robocall-blocking services to consumers and require the Federal Communications Commission to maintain a public list of the top 100 illegal robocall campaigns.According to estimates by YouMail, a robocall blocking service, around 55 billion robocalls were placed in the U.S. last year.
From the president and pop stars to Americans going about their everyday lives, anyone can be targeted by the misuse of artificial intelligence.
Over the weekend X, formerly known as Twitter, temporarily displayed an error message on searches for some Taylor Swift images after the music icon became the victim of sexually explicit pictures created by AI that have since been taken down.
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“So what has happened, unfortunately, (to) Ms. Swift is happening to thousands of women across this country, each and every day,” Democratic Rep. Joe Morelle of New York said.
Several House Democrats are hopeful Swift’s case will reenergize a stalled bill that’s focused on regulating the use of AI. “These deep fakes are dangerous,” Morelle added.
The proposed Do Not Disturb Act overhauls federal rules regarding robocalls — like one that falsely portrayed President Joe Biden sending to voters during the New Hampshire primary this month.
“It’s important that you save your vote for the November election voting. This Tuesday only enables the Republicans in their quest to elect Donald Trump again,” the fake call said.
A CNN review of the bill summary finds that it expands the definition of a robocall to include any call or text that uses AI or a pre-recorded message.
Violators who use AI to impersonate someone in a robocall could face higher fines, and even authorized robocalls would have to disclose any use of artificial technology.
“It’s going to take the Congress, it’s going to take our law enforcement agencies and it is going to take the private sector to build these safeguards, but then to make sure that they’re enforced and that we protect people,” Morelle said.
The Do Not Disturb Act would additionally force phone providers to offer free robocall-blocking services to consumers and require the Federal Communications Commission to maintain a public list of the top 100 illegal robocall campaigns.
According to estimates by YouMail, a robocall blocking service, around 55 billion robocalls were placed in the U.S. last year.
