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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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's new $9.1 million mansion as he relocates his family from California's capital to one of the wealthiest areas of the US
California Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife have moved their family to an exclusive part of the state where all four of his children are now enrolled in Marin County schools. The Democrat ...
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What's in Your AI? California Thinks You Should Know
While California Gov. Gavin Newsom drew attention in the past month for saying no to a comprehensive AI safety law that would have called for an AI kill switch, the state did pass 17 gen AI-related ...
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California mayor rips Gov. Newsom’s sanctuary policies after yet another illegal-migrant boat lands in his town: ‘Get your act together’
The mayor of Newport Beach in California is blasting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and other lefty state pols over yet another boatload of illegal migrants who just washed onto the shores of his ...
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California governor blocks landmark AI safety bill
Gavin Newsom said the bill could stifle innovation and prompt AI firms to move out of California The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has blocked a landmark artificial intelligence ...
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Newsom meets with Biden as part of effort to 'Trump-proof' California
WASHINGTON (KGO) -- California Governor Gavin Newsom met with President Joe Biden and other White House leaders on Tuesday during a trip to highlight his "key priorities" in an attempt to Trump ...
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.