Posted on 09/17/2024 9:20:33 PM PDT by thecodont
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to create false images or videos in political ads ahead of the 2024 election.
A new law, set to take effect immediately, makes it illegal to create and publish deepfakes related to elections 120 days before Election Day and 60 days thereafter. It also allows courts to stop distribution of the materials and impose civil penalties.
“Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation -– especially in today’s fraught political climate,” Newsom said in a statement. "These measures will help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content, one of several areas in which the state is being proactive to foster transparent and trustworthy AI.”
Large social media platforms are also required to remove the deceptive material under a first-in-the-nation law set to be enacted next year. Newsom also signed a bill requiring political campaigns to publicly disclose if they are running ads with materials altered by AI.
The governor signed the bills to loud applause during a conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at an event hosted the major software company during its annual conference in San Francisco.
The new laws reaffirm California’s position as a leader in regulating AI in the U.S., especially in combating election deepfakes. The state was the first in the U.S. to ban manipulated videos and pictures related to elections in 2019. Measures in technology and AI proposed by California lawmakers have been used as blueprints for legislators across the country, industry experts said.
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Political speech is clearly protected by the First Amendment. This crap must be challenged and defeated in court.
Can’t wait to see what memes arise out of this moronic act...
Immediate lawsuit should happen.
Why target AI only?🙄
This law will eventually be overturned.
U seriously posted this
Because he's an idiot.
I am under the very strong impression he signed this to protect Harris.
Greasy scumbags making life worse than worse.
Yes.__ just study historical political ads and cartoon-illustrations that humiliated the opponent. Completely a 1A protected activity.
Sorry Gov, that ship has sailed.
More like, that ship lifted out of the water and is flying through the air.
Take your fascist anti-1stA crap and shove it.
Thomas Nast and Honore Daumier have entered the chat.
No case will hold. All will be thrown out. Another total waste of taxpayer dollars.
Yes and so many more.
California is one of the least free states in the country. Out of 50 states it ranks near the bottom at 48.
https://www.freedominthe50states.org/
You think we had fun during Covid? This place was a nuthouse. Bay Area especially.
It feels like a medieval feudal state. We have our very own Duke and Countess. It's amazing.
That’s the spirit!
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