The Rush to Regulate AI Could Be the Death of Parody

A new bill may have far-reaching consequences for much of the online creativity that we already enjoy — and chill speech more generally.

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The sponsors of a new AI bill called the “No AI Fraud Act” claim it “gives all Americans the tools to protect their digital personas.” Sounds good, right?

Whether they are famous or not, many individuals are concerned that AI tools could result in deep fakes of them saying or doing something they never said or did, but this proposal — and many other attempts to regulate AI in the name of such protection — would have farther-reaching consequences for much of the online creativity that we already enjoy and could chill speech more generally.

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Jennifer Huddleston

Jennifer Huddleston is a senior fellow in technology policy at the Cato Institute and an adjunct professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School.

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