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Federal regulators are poised to ban the impersonation of anyone, aiming to thwart scams in an AI-driven world.

Driving the news: The FTC announced Thursday that it's proposing to modify a rule that already prevents the impersonation of government and businesses to include the impersonation of individuals.

Between the lines: The FTC's proposed rule could specifically make it illegal to use AI platforms to foster impersonation, such as "voice cloning" and falsified video.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I dont understand why this wasnt already a rule?
Why is the US so retroactive? Something goes bad and only then you start thinking about it and how to stop it in the future, when it becomes a big problem.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Because it hadn't bothered a billionaire before.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

It’s worse. Impersonation is already fraud in most contexts that AI scammers are targeting. This is just reaction theater for the threat of the day. The FTC is fairly toothless when it really matters.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Good. It's more than appropriate that the protections offered to organizations be extended to individuals.

Maybe we should do that for all the things, and not just deepfakes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago