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Senator slams Big Tech's role in 'pirating' copyrighted books for AI training purposes Meta executives acquired pirated books for AI training despite ethical concerns. Recent court rulings on AI copyright infringement show mixed results for authors.

“Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called out artificial intelligence companies like Meta for their alleged role in taking more than 200 terabytes of published works from authors without paying them a dime to make AI smarter.”

California lawmaker scrambles to calm tech titans over revamped bill State Sen. Scott Wiener wants AI companies on his side this time, after a bruising showdown over AI rules last year.

‘An ambitious Cal state senator is appealing directly to major tech firms, incl. Google, Meta and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, hoping to get them on board with his second attempt at regulating AI after his failed push last year rocked Silicon Valley with reverberations all the way to Washington.’

US Senate removes controversial 'AI moratorium' from budget bill | TechCrunch After going back and forth over the provision, Sen. Marsha Blackburn offered an amendment to strip the provision alongside Sen. Maria Cantwell.

U.S. senators voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a controversial 10-year ban on states’ abilities to regulate AI from the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” reports Axios.

Link to the 3 bills (model legislation...this one is for CA): drive.google.com/drive/folder...

(2 of 2) digital replica before agreeing to its capture or utilization. It requires clear, explicit, and comprehensive details about the intended usage, ensuring that the individual is aware of and consents to each distinct application of their digital replica.

Awesome! Try this consent language...have put it in a bill:

(1 of 2) Digital Replica Informed Consent is the process by which an individual is fully educated about the specific uses, risks, and benefits associated with the creation and use of their

The Digital Rights Paradox: How the EFF's "Anti-Censorship" Kills a $425 B Trust Market Here's what "informed consent" looks like in Hollywood right now.

New article: Why the EFF is wrong about digital identity protection.

A checksum isn't censorship—it's binary consent verification. Without standards, anyone can be deepfaked. With standards? A $425B authentication market.
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#DigitalIdentity #AI #ContentAuthenticity #NOFAKES #Deepfakes

New Company Incantor Launches With Model That Tracks IP Rights Across AI; Verve to Advise Hollywood Clients (EXCLUSIVE) New company Incantor AI has launched with what the tech company calls the "first AI model that enables creator attribution and IP rights tracking."

“New company Incantor AI has launched with what the tech company calls the “first AI model that enables creator attribution and IP rights tracking across all gen AI-derived content created on its platform.”
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Disney, NBCU sue Midjourney over copyright infringement It's the first legal action from major Hollywood studios against a generative AI company.

“Hollywood's AI concerns so far have mostly been from actors and writers trying to defend their name, image and likeness from being leveraged by movie studios without a fair value trade. Now, those studios are trying to protect themselves against AI tech giants.”
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Great to see performers' digital identity protection being discussed at this level. The intersection of state regulation and creator rights needs strong voices who understand the technical realities. #CaliforniaAI #TennesseeElvisAct #StateRegulation #AILegislation

Natasha Lyonne on AI In our September 2023 issue, Lyonne spoke about the limitations of AI in filmmaking and the related risk of worker exploitation.

“Natasha Lyonne, runs the Los Angeles production company Animal Pictures with fellow actor and comedian Maya Rudolph. Lyonne has been a screen actor since childhood. “
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FBI investigating attempts to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles The FBI is investigating mysterious texts and calls from someone who has claimed to be White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, sources familiar with the matter said.

Scammers are now impersonating governors & senators.

This isn't theoretical. Deepfakes are hitting the highest levels of government RIGHT NOW.

Your voice needs the same legal protections as your signature.

==> www.protectdigitalidentity.org

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The Digital Identity Protection Revolution: Momentum Builds as Losses Mount The past month has delivered a sobering reminder of why digital identity protection has become one of the most urgent technological and legislative priorities of our time. While lawmakers advance grou...

Digital identity protection is hitting a 2025 turning point.

• NO FAKES Act now backed by Google, OpenAI, SAG-AFTRA
• LinkedIn rolls out C2PA authentication
• 68% of deepfakes nearly indistinguishable

Here's why.

#DigitalIdentity #ContentAuthentication #AIEthics

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Industry leaders urge Senate to protect against AI deepfakes with No Fakes Act Tech and music industry leaders testified about the dangers of deepfakes made with artificial intelligence on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would protect people's voices and lik...

“Tech and music industry leaders testified about the dangers of deepfakes made with AI on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would protect people's voices and likenesses from being replicated without consent, while allowing use of the tech responsibly.”
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AI-Generated Clone of Gaming YouTuber's Voice Used in 'Doom' Videos - Global News - Your Window to the World On a kinda unknown YouTube channel, this breezy, British narrator is chatting about the ins and outs of Doom: The Dark Ages’ story. Though not really named,

“AI-driven fraud is like on the rise. Deepfakes, once stuck to damaging videos affecting celebrities and average citizens alike, are now like advanced enough to happen in real time.”
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Elton John brands government 'absolute losers' over AI copyright plans The musician accuses the government of robbing young artists over its copyright law plans.

Sir Elton John described the government as "absolute losers" and said he feels "incredibly betrayed" over plans to exempt technology firms from copyright laws.
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He's the key person behind the most notorious deepfake porn site in the world. And he's Canadian | CBC News A joint international investigation by CBC News, Bellingcat and Danish outlets Politiken and Tjekdet has linked a Canadian pharmacist to one of the biggest website in the world for non-consensual, AI-...

David Do from Toronto, drives a Tesla and is paid $121,000 a year as a hospital pharmacist.

He leads a double life as a key person behind the world's most notorious website for non-consensual, AI-generated porn of real people: MrDeepFakes.com. He has never been fully identified until now.
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SAG-AFTRA Chief Lays Out What AI Protections It Will Be Looking For In Next Studio Contract SAG-AFTRA national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland has laid out some of the actors guild's plans ahead of the 2026 contract talks.

➡️ Artificial intelligence was a major factor in the actors strike of 2023 and the burgeoning technology will remain a key element in next year’s negotiations.
➡️ #SAGAFTRA chief Duncan Crabtree-Ireland has laid out some of the guilds plans ahead of its contract with the studios expiring in June 2026.

Edly-Allen advances measure to protect artists from AI SPRINGFIELD – Recording artists could soon have more protections from artificial intelligence (AI) replicating their voice or work under legislation from State Senator Mary Edly-Allen and State Repres...

“We need strong regulations and protections in place to safeguard artists when people try to steal their work and pass it off as their own using artificial intelligence,”“This bill was made to clarify existing law using language approved by both #SAGAFTRA and the #MPA
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Sadiq Khan says fake AI audio of him nearly led to serious disorder London Mayor Sadiq Khan says the law on deepfakes is not "fit for purpose" after Armistice Day hoax.

➡️ London Mayor Sadiq Khan says deepfake audio of him supposedly making inflammatory remarks before Armistice Day almost caused "serious disorder".
➡️ Mr Khan says the law is not "fit for purpose" in tackling AI fakes, as the audio creator "got away with it".
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Adobe wants to create a robots.txt-styled indicator for images used in AI training | TechCrunch For years, websites included information about what kind of crawlers were not allowed on their site with a robots.txt file. Adobe, which wants to create a

“Adobe is releasing a web tool to let creators attach content credentials to all image files, even if they are not created or edited through its own tools. Plus, it’s providing a way for creators to signal to AI companies that they shouldn’t use that particular image for training models.”
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Stage to startup: Deepfakes created the problem. We're building the antidote. #PixelProof #DigitalIdentity #OnChainAuthenticity #EthicalAI #Ethereum #Layer2
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Just returned from the Internet Identity Workshop in San Jose where experts tackled protecting digital IDs in the AI era. It seems folks were not yet incorporating likeness, voice, and movement. It was a pleasure to speak on this in front of a great group. www.protectdigitalidentity.org

Please join actor James Hong and sign the open letter to congress at ProtectDigitalIdentity.org
#JamesHong
#NOFAKESAct #COPIEDAct #AIEthics #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #JamesHong

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OK, I'm trying to understand. Banksy is an artist. His art is his intellectual property. My friend Sally is an artist. So is hers. Bansky is famous, Sally is not.

What is the proposed "no IP" plan with their art? @protectdid.bsky.social

Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg's voices | TechCrunch The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend.

One crosswalk button that was hacked to sound like Musk said: “I guess they say money can’t buy happiness… I guess that’s true. God knows I’ve tried. But it can buy a Cybertruck and that’s pretty sick, right?”

Ireland probes Musk’s X for feeding Europeans’ data to its AI model Grok The investigation threatens to stoke further tensions between the EU and U.S. over tech rules.

“Ireland's privacy regulator launched an investigation on Friday into how social media platform X has used Europeans' personal data to train its artificial intelligence model Grok.”
#TechSky #AiEthics

No Fakes Act Reintroduced in Congress With Support From Google, RIAA, More Congress reintroduced the NO FAKES Act, intended to advance creators’ rights by protecting their voices and likenesses from AI and unauthorized uses.

The Recording Academy’s Grammys on the Hill Advocacy Day culminated on Capitol Hill w/Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) and Maria Salazar (R-Fl.) announcing the reintroduction of the #NOFAKES” Act.

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