Source: Engadget
“One of California’s new AI laws, which aims to prevent AI deepfakes related to elections from spreading online, has been blocked a month before the US presidential elections. … Judge John Mendez has issued a preliminary injunction, preventing the state’s attorney general from enforcing AB 2839. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed it into law, along with other bills focusing on AI, back in mid-September. … AB 2839 holds anybody who distributes AI deepfakes accountable, if they feature political candidates and if they’re posted within 120 days of an election in the state. Anybody who sees those deepfakes can file a civil action against the person who distributed it, and a judge can order the poster to take the manipulated media down if they don’t want to face monetary penalties.” (10/03/24)