U.S. House unveils No AI Fraud Act

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A new bill that has been introduced last week in Congress would protect American’s rights to their likeness and voice against artificial intelligence generated fakes.

“We want to focus on this this credit, this compensation, this concert idea that every individual in America should have property rights of their likeness and of their image,” said Rep. Nathaniel Moran, (R-TX), who is one of five congressman who introduced the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act, or No AI FRAUD Act.

The bill comes as worries grow about how new personalized generative AI cloning models can be used for impersonation and and can allow for users to make fakes using a person’s image and voice.

“It gives folks now the undeniable right to their likeness into their image. It also then reaffirms that those individuals or others that have the license to use as individuals, a likeness and image, or to those that are in contract with them to be able to bring a lawsuit,” said Rep. Moran.

The No AI FRAUD Act would establish a federal framework of protections by reaffirming that an individual’s likeness and voice is protected. It also gives them the right to bring a lawsuit against those who use AI frauds without their permission.

The bill already has the support of recording artists and others who’ve been dealing with their own battles with AI.

Co-director of George Mason’s Autonomy and Robotics Center Jesse Kirkpatrick says the bill is notable and notes that there is a lack of protections like this right now at the national level.

“There’s a gap at the federal level. Many of these protections currently in the U.S. system fall under under states,” said Kirkpatrick.

But he believes the bill may need to be refined a bit and is concerned that First Amendment protections could be in danger without revisions to the bill.

“Whether that is a political speech, artistic speech, creative expression, and and so on. So I think that the bill in in draft form still has a way to go with respect to balancing that First Amendment protection,” he said.

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