The latest scandal over seemingly appropriating a movie star’s voice will only inflame tensions between Washington and Silicon Valley.
On Monday night, Scarlett Johansson alleged that OpenAI had appropriated her voice without permission for a new AI assistant tool. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesSam Altman’s convincing turn as a Silicon Valley visionary just ran up against one of the few forces in American life still powerful enough to rival it: a rich, famous and beautiful movie star.
“If people suddenly have questions about him,” Marcus said, “that could actually have a material impact on how policy gets made.”Big things are happening with AI in the nation’s capital. The Biden administration’s executive order ordered all federal agencies to put AI plans and rules in place; the bipartisanset out a slate of policy issues for the relevant committees to take up; various bills regulating everything from deepfakes to a potential AI licensing regime have been proposed.
“I don’t see Congress rallying to the aid of a movie star, but there’s already a big conversation happening about generative AI, creativity and artists,” said Adam Kovacevich, founder of the pro-tech Chamber of Progress, who said he hopes the courts and policymakers uphold the tech companies’ belief that AI training falls under fair use law.on the American left that dates back to “Nader’s Raiders” and the progressive movement of the early 20th century.
“This will get unique attention,” said Matt Mittelsteadt, an AI fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus center.
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