On Friday, July 21, 2023, the White House announced that seven US technology companies at the forefront of generative artificial intelligence (AI) agreed to eight voluntary commitments to “promote the safe, secure, and...more
In light of the rapid emergence and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and systems, the Biden Administration convened the CEOs of leading AI companies on May 4, 2023 at the White House and announced several...more
On April 25, 2023 four federal agencies—the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more
5/2/2023
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Bias ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Joint Statements ,
Machine Learning
New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is expected to begin enforcing the City’s novel artificial intelligence (AI) bias audit law on July 5, 2023. This law prohibits the use of automated decision...more
On March 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a blog post advising companies to consider the potentially deceptive or unfair use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate synthetic media. The FTC...more
On March 31, 2023, Italy’s privacy regulator (the “Garante”), announced an immediate temporary limitation on the processing of data of individuals residing in Italy by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence...more
4/4/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Processors ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Italy ,
Machine Learning ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Authority
It took just two months from its introduction in November 2022 for the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot ChatGPT to reach 100 million monthly active users—the fastest growth of a consumer application in...more
In several recent high-profile trials, defendants have sought to cast doubt on the reliability of video evidence by suggesting that artificial intelligence may have surreptitiously altered the videos.
These challenges are...more
On June 28, 2022, the FBI issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA) warning that fraudsters are using deepfakes to impersonate job applicants during online interviews and employing stolen Personally Identifiable Information...more
WilmerHale podcast co-host and Partner John Walsh welcomes Partner Jason Chipman, who moderates a discussion between fellow WilmerHale lawyer Matthew Ferraro and special guest Nina Schick on “deepfakes”—using synthetic media...more
On November 30, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a path-breaking law addressing synthetic or digitally manipulated media. The law has two main components.
First, the law establishes a postmortem right of...more
Disinformation and “deepfakes” pose growing threats to the private sector. Already, disinformation has been weaponized to harm brands, move markets, and undermine trust in companies and industries. One recent study estimated...more
3/13/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Audio Recording ,
Cyber Threats ,
Deep Fake ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Extortion ,
False Evidence ,
Government Investigations ,
Harassment ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Market Manipulation ,
Photographs ,
Reputational Injury ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Video Recordings
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the nation’s first federal law related to “deepfakes.” Deepfakes are false yet highly realistic artificial intelligence-created media, such as a video showing people saying things...more
12/24/2019
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China ,
Deep Fake ,
National Science Foundation ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
Technology
Federal and state lawmakers across the nation are considering legislation to address what they see as the rising dangers of “deepfakes.” Deepfakes are false yet highly realistic artificial intelligence (AI)-created video,...more
9/26/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Deep Fake ,
Digital Media ,
Exploitation ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Media ,
Online Videos ,
Photographs ,
Private Right of Action ,
Social Networks ,
Video Recordings ,
Websites
On June 28, 2019, a large bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives introduced a bill to assess the rising threat of “deepfakes” - manipulated videos that can show people saying things they never said and doing things...more