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AI and Law: Unleashing and Restraining AI
Content Moderation - Elections
Guiding Questions
- How should we balance First Amendment protections with efforts to combat election-related misinformation, particularly when considering new technologies like AI-generated content?
- What are the relative merits of different regulatory approaches to election-related content (e.g., disclosure requirements, outright bans, or platform self-regulation), and how do these approaches vary across jurisdictions?
- To what extent should platforms be responsible for preventing electoral manipulation through their services, and what tools (technical, legal, or policy) are most effective for this purpose?
Guest
Facts
- OpenAI, How OpenAI is Approaching 2024 Worldwide Elections, OPENAI, (Jan. 15, 2024)
- Simon Torkington, These are the 3 biggest emerging risks the world is facing, World Economic Forum (Jan. 13, 2024).
- Matthew Leake, Are fears about online misinformation in the US election overblown? The evidence suggests they might be, Reuters (Oct. 24, 2024).
- Sayash Kapoor & Arvind Narayanan, We Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinformation Is Not an AI Problem, Knight First Amendment Institute (Dec. 13, 2024).
Law
- Press Release, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, Governor Newsom signs bills to combat deepfake election content (Sept. 17, 2024)
- [skim] A.B. 2655, 2023-2024 Reg. Sess., ch. 261 (Cal. 2024)
- [skim] A.B. 2839, 2023-2024 Reg. Sess., ch. 262 (Cal. 2024)
- Kira Lerner, Top State Officials Push to Make Spread of US Election Misinformation Illegal, The Guardian (Feb. 23, 2023)
- Madison Alder, Bipartisan Bill Would Mandate Disclosure of 'Substantial' AI Use in Political Ads, FedScoop (Mar. 7, 2024).
- Press Release, Office of Rep. Derek Kilmer, Kilmer Introduces Legislation to Protect Elections from Deceptive Artificial Intelligence in Political Ads, (May 14, 2024)
- Press Release, Office of Rep. Don Beyer, Amid Invasion of Ukraine, Beyer Introduces Legislation to Build American Resilience to Russian Influence Operations (Mar. 8, 2022)
Application
- Press Release, Office of the Attorney General, Steven Kramer Charged with Voter Suppression Over AI-Generated President Biden Robocalls, New Hampshire Department of Justice (May 23, 2024).
- Press Release, Federal Communications Commission, FCC Proposes $6 Million Fine for Illegal Robocalls That Used Biden Deepfake Generative AI Voice Message, (May 23, 2024).
- Alan Riquelmy, Federal judge stops implementation of California misinformation law, (October 2, 2024).
- Gabrielle Lim & Samantha Bradshaw, Chilling Legislation: Tracking the Impact of "Fake News" Laws on Press Freedom Internationally, Ctr. for Int'l Media Assistance (Jul. 19, 2023)
- Press Release, Fed. Trade Comm'n, Federal Trade Commission Announces Final Rule Banning Fake Reviews and Testimonials (Aug. 14, 2024).
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