Lawmakers want to grant immunity to intimate Artificial Intelligence deepfakes

Microsoft Shouldn’t Just Give Up: Deepfake Protection for Artificial Intelligence to Defend the Privatization of Social Media

Musk’s posts will be labeled as a deepfake by Microsoft. Smith says that Congress needs to require the use of state-of- the-art provenance tooling to label synthetic content. This is essential to build trust and will help the public understand how information is generated and manipulated.

Microsoft wants Congress to regulate the use of deepfakes to protect against fraud, abuse and manipulation. Brad Smith, the Microsoft vice chair and president, urged policymakers to act quickly to protect elections and senior citizens from fraud and abuse.

Microsoft has had to implement more safety controls for its own AI products, after a loophole in the company’s Designer AI image creator allowed people to create explicit images of celebrities like Taylor Swift. Smith says that the private sector has a responsibility to implement safeguards to prevent the misuse of Artificial Intelligence.

Smith says that the laws will need to evolve in order to combat deepfake fraud after the tech sector and non-profit groups took steps to address the problem. “One of the most important things the US can do is pass a comprehensive deepfake fraud statute to prevent cybercriminals from using this technology to steal from everyday Americans.”

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House have drafted a bill that would protect tech companies from being sued if they fail to remove intimate artificial intelligence from their platforms.

The Intimate Privacy Protection Act’s inclusion of a duty of care is the same mechanism used in the Kids Online Safety Act, which is expected to pass through the Senate on Tuesday with overwhelming support. That might suggest it’s becoming a popular way to create new protections on the internet.

Section 230 protection, created for the industry when it was made up of much smaller players, has become a target for legislators on both sides of the aisle. But most of the time, Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on how exactly the statute should be changed. One notable exception was when Congress passed FOSTA-SESTA, carving out sex trafficking charges from Section 230 protection.