{"id":155664,"date":"2023-09-14T11:25:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T05:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=155664"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T05:55:34","slug":"californian-lawmaker-proposes-legislation-to-protect-actors-from-ai-clones-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/californian-lawmaker-proposes-legislation-to-protect-actors-from-ai-clones-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Californian lawmaker proposes legislation to protect actors from AI clones – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Californian lawmaker has introduced a bill to protect actors, artists, and entertainers from artificial intelligence, by mandating employment contracts to include informed consent when it comes to digital replicates. <\/p>\n

Ash Kalra, an Assembly Member of the State of California \u2014 the lawmaker behind the bill \u2014 argued<\/a> that generative AI presents a \u201creal threat\u201d to workers in the entertainment industry and its use should be banned unless a bargaining agreement between the parties is made.<\/p>\n

The legislation, Assembly Bill 459, will eventually be assigned to a committee whose members will research, discuss, and make changes to the bill proposed by Kalra, which will then be put before the chamber for a vote.<\/p>\n

Kalra explained in a Sept. 13 statement that \u201ccommon sense requirements\u201d like those in bill AB 459 need to be implemented to protect these workers:<\/p>\n

\u201cMandating informed consent and representation will help ensure workers are not unknowingly at risk of losing the right to their digital self, and with it, their careers and livelihoods.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bill was also supported by Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) \u2014 a United States-based labor union representing over 100,000 media professionals around the world.<\/p>\n

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Kalra’s office said AB 459 will be in print later today. Here’s the draft language of the legislation. pic.twitter.com\/J2rIEUBvuh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Queenie Wong (@QWongSJ) September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the guild\u2019s national executive director and chief negotiator stressed that protecting an actor\u2019s digital image through consent-based laws is now a necessity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that our members must maintain full control over the use of their digital selves through informed consent, and this is key if they are to be able to build and sustain a career,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Crabtree-Ireland said AI copycats can lead to \u201cabusive\u201d and \u201cexploitative\u201d practices and that legislation will play a key role in curtailing such conduct:<\/p>\n

“We see protection against the unjust transfers of these rights to be an imperative against potential abusive or exploitative practices. We are deeply concerned by the proliferation of AI-created audio and video content without full consent, and this legislation is an important step to ending these dangerous practices.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>AI deepfakes are getting better at spoofing KYC verification \u2014 Binance exec<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Screen Actors Guild has been behind a nearly four-month-long ongoing strike action in Hollywood over\u00a0base compensation, better working conditions and other contentious issues.<\/p>\n

One of the issues raised revolves around AI and its use, with the workers demanding stricter protections against artificial intelligence and larger royalties for their work, known in the industry as residuals. <\/p>\n

In a recent interview <\/a>with Variety, U.S. actor Sean Penn took a shot at many studios’ desire to utilize actors’ likenesses and voices for future AI use.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you want my scans and voice data and all that. OK, here\u2019s what I think is fair: I want your daughter\u2019s, because I want to create a virtual replica of her and invite my friends over to do whatever we want in a virtual party right now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Would you please look at the camera and tell me you think that\u2019s cool?\u201d he asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Magazine: <\/em><\/strong>AI Eye: AI\u2019s trained on AI content go MAD, is Threads a loss leader for AI data?<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Californian lawmaker has introduced a bill to protect actors, artists, and entertainers from artificial intelligence, by mandating employment contracts to include informed consent when it comes to digital replicates. Ash Kalra, an Assembly Member of the State of California \u2014 the lawmaker behind the bill \u2014 argued that generative AI presents a \u201creal threat\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-155664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155667,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155664\/revisions\/155667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}