An open letter signed by AI researchers, including Algorithmic Justice League founder Joy Boulamwini and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, said governments should look to fully criminalize deepfake child pornography even with fictional children, create criminal penalities for people who make and share “harmful” deepfakes, and require developers to be held liable if their safety measures are easily bypassed.
US policymakers have discussed regulating deepfakes, though mostly in the context of the upcoming elections. It’s rare for open letters to influence regulation, but AI is a fraught issue that some lawmakers might take these suggestions into account.
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