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FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the agency says. I'm pretty sure this puts us on the timeline where we eventually get incredible, futuristic tech, but computers and robots still sound mechanical and fake.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

banned all robocalling

Oh, I didn’t realize this was literally Nazi Germany.

A slippery slope where the next thing you know, corporations aren’t people, they’re capping the unlimited anonymous campaign contributions, and ad-supported Neuralink requires informed consent.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Had me in the first half