Robert Weissman

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Speaks on: AI Regulation Policy US Congress AI Governance AI Policy

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[🇺🇸 Congress, Mar 2025] Prohibiting deceptive AI-generated media of federal election candidates

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This deepfake is a disgrace and the NRSC should put it down immediately. Political deepfakes are a profound threat to our democracy, because there is no realistic way for voters to understand they are seeing fake representations rather than real vide...
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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government

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Preemption would effectively mean no U.S. regulation of AI at all, with the narrow exception of rules to deal with nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, because there are no national rules in place. [...] To be clear, states aren't keeping up with the ri...
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