Senators Introduce COPIED Act to Safeguard Creative Content from Unauthorized AI Use
The bipartisan bill aims to establish transparency standards and protect artists and journalists from AI exploitation.
Overview
- The COPIED Act seeks to prevent unauthorized use of creative and journalistic content in AI training and generation.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will develop guidelines for content provenance and synthetic content detection.
- The bill empowers the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to enforce these standards.
- Artists, songwriters, and journalists can sue entities that misuse their content without consent or proper compensation.
- The COPIED Act has garnered support from various industry groups including SAG-AFTRA and the Recording Industry Association of America.