Last Updated: February 09, 2024, 10:54 IST
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Effective instantly, the regulation empowers the FCC to effective firms that use AI voices of their calls or block the service suppliers that carry them.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has barred robocalls with voices generated by synthetic intelligence (AI) to guard customers from voice-cloning scams.
The unanimous judgment on Thursday recognises the calls made with AI-generated voices as “artificial” beneath the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, in accordance with FCC.
“Bad actors are using AI-generated voices in unsolicited robocalls to extort vulnerable family members, imitate celebrities, and misinform voters. We’re putting the fraudsters behind these robocalls on notice,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel mentioned in an announcement.
“State Attorneys General will now have new tools to crack down on these scams and ensure the public is protected from fraud and misinformation,” she added.
This comes as New Hampshire authorities proceed their probe into AI-generated robocalls that used the voice of US President Joe Biden to discourage individuals from voting within the state’s first-in-the-nation main final month.
“This technology now has the potential to confuse consumers with misinformation by imitating the voices of celebrities, political candidates, and close family members,” the company mentioned.
Effective instantly, the regulation empowers the FCC to effective firms that use AI voices of their calls or block the service suppliers that carry them. It additionally opens the door for name recipients to file lawsuits and offers state attorneys basic a brand new mechanism to crack down on violators, in accordance with the FCC.
The ruling, which fits into impact instantly, permits the FCC to effective firms that utilise AI voices of their calls or limit the service suppliers that carry them.
According to the FCC, it additionally permits name recipients to file lawsuits and supplies state attorneys basic with a brand new device for imposing violations.
