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This presidential election season has heightened concerns about the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content in political ads to mislead voters. With this concern in mind, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed rules to mandate disclosure of AI-generated content in political advertisements on media platforms subject to FCC jurisdiction. In its recent Notice of…

In the contemporary digital ecosystem, the lines between personalization and privacy often blur, specifically when involving advanced technologies such as gaze and eye tracking. As we interact with various technologies from smartphones to AR devices, our gaze becomes a valuable metric, one that could enhance user experience but also raise significant privacy concerns.…

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found on April 22, 2024, that those submitting copyright takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) must consider whether the materials claimed to be infringed were eligible for copyright protection prior to submitting the takedown notices.[1] Failing to make this evaluation—similar to a…

The explosive growth of generative AI has been accompanied by a corresponding growth of contractual provisions addressing generative AI issues.

Website operators in particular are increasingly seeking to use their online terms of service to prohibit the use of content and information hosted on their sites to train AI systems. Disney, for example, recently updated…

In the fall of 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) each ratified new agreements, amending and building upon their collective bargaining agreements with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The WGA, a union that represents film and TV writers,…

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes ubiquitous, news stories regarding the use (and abuse) of deepfakes—that is, AI-generated media used to impersonate real individuals—are increasingly common.

For example, in January, sexually explicit deepfakes of Taylor Swift proliferated on social media, prompting X (formerly Twitter) to temporarily lock all searches for the singer’s name…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it was issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Personal Financial Data Rights on October 19, 2023. The proposed rule (Proposed Rule) would implement section 1033 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA), which gives consumers the right to access their financial data and authorizes…