AI Experts, Industry Leaders Call for Regulation on Deepfakes
A group of AI experts and industry executives led by Yoshua Bengio issued an open letter urging increased regulation of deepfakes. The letter, authored by Andrew Critch of UC Berkeley, proposes criminalizing deepfake child pornography, imposing criminal penalties for creators of harmful deepfakes, and requiring AI companies to prevent generation of harmful deepfakes. Over 400 individuals signed, including Steven Pinker, Joy Buolamwini, and two former Estonian presidents, as well as researchers from Google, DeepMind, and OpenAI. The letter cites potential societal risks from deepfakes and follows concerns raised by Elon Musk about AI risks.
A group of AI experts and industry executives led by Yoshua Bengio issued an open letter urging increased regulation of deepfakes. The letter, authored by Andrew Critch of UC Berkeley, proposes criminalizing deepfake child pornography, imposing criminal penalties for creators of harmful deepfakes, and requiring AI companies to prevent generation of harmful deepfakes. Over 400 individuals signed, including Steven Pinker, Joy Buolamwini, and two former Estonian presidents, as well as researchers from Google, DeepMind, and OpenAI. The letter cites potential societal risks from deepfakes and follows concerns raised by Elon Musk about AI risks.
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A group of AI experts and industry executives led by Yoshua Bengio issued an open letter urging increased regulation of deepfakes. The letter, authored by Andrew Critch of UC Berkeley, proposes criminalizing deepfake child pornography, imposing criminal penalties for creators of harmful deepfakes, and requiring AI companies to prevent generation of harmful deepfakes. Over 400 individuals signed, including Steven Pinker, Joy Buolamwini, and two former Estonian presidents, as well as researchers from Google, DeepMind, and OpenAI. The letter cites potential societal risks from deepfakes and follows concerns raised by Elon Musk about AI risks.
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