22/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 23/07/2024 02:00
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, introduced the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (COPIED ACT), to combat the rise of harmful deepfakes. The bill would set new federal transparency guidelines for marking, authenticating, and detecting AI-generated content; protect journalists, actors, and artists against AI-driven theft; and hold violators accountable for abuses.
"The bipartisan COPIED Act I introduced with Senator Blackburn and Senator Heinrich will provide much-needed transparency around AI-generated content," said Senator Cantwell. "The COPIED Act will also put creators, including local journalists, artists, and musicians, back in control of their content with a provenance and watermark process that I think is very much needed."
The COPIED Act:
Full bill text and summary of the COPIED Act available HERE and HERE.
"We applaud Senator Cantwell for introducing legislation that helps identify legitimate news organizations while attacking the proliferation of fake news. Trusted, local news is vital to serving our communities and protecting our democracy. We look forward to working with Senator Cantwell and her staff to successfully address this critical issue," said Alan Fisco, President and Chief Financial Officer of The Seattle Times.
The bipartisan legislation is also supported by SAG-AFTRA, the Nashville Songwriters Association International, the Recording Academy, National Music Publishers' Association, Recording Industry Association of America, News/Media Alliance, National Newspaper Association, America's Newspapers, Rebuild Local News, National Association of Broadcasters, Artists Rights Alliance, Human Artistry Campaign, Public Citizen, The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA), and Music Creators North America (MCNA).
Quotes provided by each of these organizations in support of the COPIED Act are available HERE.
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