{"slug": "sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face", "title": "Sean Astin tells Congress AI should not get to steal your face", "summary": "SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin testified before Congress about the dangers of nonconsensual AI replicas, warning that deepfakes threaten not just actors but reality itself. He stated that AI can make people appear to say things they never said or endorse beliefs they do not hold.", "body_md": "SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin [testified before Congress](https://youtu.be/-gtNZZ5a3Bg?si=RTdpLmQ4MmfFP0as) about nonconsensual AI replicas, warning that deepfakes are not just an actor problem but a reality problem.\n\nIn his testimony, Astin said AI can now make people appear to say things they never said, endorse things they do not believe, or confess to things they know nothing about. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/07/09/sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face.html)\n\nThe post [Sean Astin tells Congress AI should not get to steal your face](https://boingboing.net/2026/07/09/sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/07/09/sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face.html", "published_at": "2026-07-09 19:23:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 20:40:24.079863+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Sean Astin", "SAG-AFTRA", "Congress"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sean-astin-tells-congress-ai-should-not-get-to-steal-your-face.jsonld"}}