California, AI and deepfake

Elon Musk's X sues California over AI law targeting deepfakes, deceptive election content
Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is suing California over a new law targeting deceptive, AI-generated election content claiming it violates First Amendment protections to free speech.
X is suing to block a California law aimed at curbing deceptive AI-generated election content on social media
“The law, which requires large online platforms to remove content deemed ‘materially deceptive,’ will lead to widespread censorship of political speech, according to the complaint filed late Thursday in Sacramento federal court.” Governor Gavin Newsom signed the act — and two related measures — into law in September. —LO
Elon Musk’s X sues California over law to restrict ‘deepfakes’
This system will inevitably result in the censorship of wide swaths of valuable political speech and commentary and will limit the type of ‘uninhibited, robust, and wide-open’ ‘debate on public issues’ that core First Amendment protections are designed to ensure,
X sues California over deceptive AI-made election content ban
Elon Musk’s X is taking the state of California to court over a new law that prevents the spread of AI-generated election misinformation. Bloomberg reports that X filed a lawsuit against AB 2655, also known as the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024,
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Top labor leader says Gavin Newsom is ‘enamored’ with AI at the expense of workers
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Gavin Newsom targets AI deepfakes with new law: Why Elon Musk and others think it's a really bad idea
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill to create first-in-nation AI safety measures
Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing ... The bill would have established some of the first regulations on large-scale AI models in the nation and paved the way for AI ...
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Gavin Newsom vetoes sweeping AI safety bill, siding with Silicon Valley
SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a sweeping California bill meant to impose safety vetting requirements for powerful AI models, siding with much of Silicon Valley and leading ...
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Gov. Newsom vetoes AI safety bill
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047, a landmark artificial intelligence (AI) safety bill meant to impose the first AI regulation in the United States, in late September. The bill drew ...
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Wiener says Newsom veto isn’t the end of AI safety effort
Although California Gov. Gavin Newsom last month vetoed his controversial artificial-intelligence safety bill, state Sen. Scott Wiener is optimistic the state is going to enact similar legislation ...
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Gavin Newsom Sues Los Angeles Suburb for Homeless Shelter Ban
Gavin Newsom has sued a Los Angeles suburb for homeless shelter ban in an effort to push back against what he sees as local ...
Daily Digest: Big chipmaker to slash 1,000 jobs; Databricks eyes massive raise
Here's all that's fit to print — digitally that is — in local Bay Area business this Thursday morning in mid-November.