Martina McBride urged Congress to support the No Fakes law to help protect artists from certain AI progress on Wednesday.
The country music star testified on Capitol Hill, saying that Deepfakes was “simply terrifying” and asking for help to defend musicians, actors and other artists to become victims to the last technologies.
“AI technology is incredible and can be used for many wonderful purposes,” said McBride. “But like all major technologies, she can also be abused, in this case, stealing people’s voices and resemblances to scare and defraud families, manipulate images of young girls in a way that is shocking to say the least, imitate government officials or make false recordings that arise like artists like me.”
She added: “I beg you to give me the tools to stop this kind of betrayal. [The NO FAKES Act could] Set America to the right course to develop the best IA in the world while preserving the sacred qualities that make our country so special: authenticity, integrity, humanity and our endless mind … I urge you to adopt this bill now. »»
The No Fakes law aims to provide federal protections to the voice, the resemblance and the image of the artists used in Deepfakes generated by AI. It also seems to contain platforms that knowingly include these responsible depths. The law also provides for creating a right of federal advertising which does not expire to death but continues rather under the heir of a person for more than 70 years after death.
“It provides a remedy for victims of invasive damages which go beyond the intimate images discussed by this legislation, protecting artists like Martina against the depths and clones of non-consensual voices which shine the confidence which it has built with millions of fans,” said Mitch Glazier, CEO of the registration of the association of the American industry. “”[It] Individuals allow illegal individuals to withdraw the leaflets of depth as soon as a platform is capable of obliging anyone to hire lawyers or to go to court. »»
The testimony to support the No Fakes law occurs in the heels of the open letter of the human artistic campaign which pleads for responsible use of AI which was signed by more than 400 artists in March. Among the names were Leann Rimes, Bette Midler, Missy Elliott, Scarlett Johansson and Sean Astin.
