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California makes AI companies leave fingerprints on their slop

California has begun enforcing a new transparency law requiring generative AI services with more than 1 million monthly users to embed machine-readable provenance data in images, audio, and video they create, making it difficult to remove. The first phase of the law, reported by Boing Boing, aims to help identify AI-generated content and reduce misinformation.

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A new law in California requires AI generators to sign their work. The first phase of its transparency law requires difficult-to-remove provenance data to be embedded in the slop.

California has begun requiring generative AI services with more than 1 million monthly users to embed machine-readable provenance data in images, audio, and video they create. — Read the rest

The post California makes AI companies leave fingerprints on their slop appeared first on Boing Boing.

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