New Bill Suggests “Watermarking” AI Content to Fight Deepfake Scams
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a new bill on July 11 to tackle deepfake scams, copyright infringement, and AI training on data it’s not supposed to.
The group announced the bill with a press release led by Democratic Party Senator Maria Cantwell, outlining several measures to regulate AI-generated content.
This tackles critical issues like protecting online creators’ intellectual property and controlling the types of content AI can train.
The Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act ( COPIED Act ) calls for a standardized method for watermarking AI-generated content online.
AI service providers must embed AI-generated content with metadata disclosing its originality, which AI tools cannot remove or exclude.
Cantwell emphasized the unchecked nature of these issues amid AI’s rapid rise, stressing the bill’s role in providing “much-needed transparency.”
THURSDAY: The Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing on how AI is accelerating the need to protect Americans’ privacy.
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— Senate Commerce, Science, Transportation Committee (@commercedems) July 10, 2024
“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,” she added.
The crypto industry stands to benefit the most from the bill as Deepfake scams remain one of the main perpetrators of crypto crimes.
Deepfakes exploit the likeness of influential figures and celebrities to promote fraudulent investment schemes.
They falsely imply that the project has legitimate or official backing – thereby legitimizing it
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