Why London-Area MP Andrew Lawton Pushed AI Deepfake Amendments
Andrew Lawton’s changes would require platforms to remove illegal images within 48 hours and expand coverage to nearly nude deepfakes.
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Why London-area MP Andrew Lawton pushed AI deepfake amendments
London-area MP Andrew Lawton’s amendments to Bill C-16 targeting gaps in the law around sexual deepfakes and strengthening protections for victims have been adopted. But as AI-generated content becomes more widespread, what exactly are sexual deepfakes, what changes were made to the bill and what happens next? LFP’s Ryan Goodison explains.
At the end of December, artificial intelligence (IA) Grok, deployed on social network X (owned by Elon Musk) caused a big scandal by incorporating an image generator that created about three million sexualized images during the 11 days it was available, including 23,000 with representation of minors and 1.8 million with women.
Canada's Deepfake Bill Expands to Cover Near-Nude Images—Closing a Grok-Exposed Loophole
A House of Commons justice committee has amended Canada’s proposed deepfake legislation to cover “nearly nude” images, closing a loophole that would have left AI-generated sexual images outside the law’s reach. The amendment to Bill C-16 came directly in response to the Grok chatbot controversy earlier this year. When Elon Musk’s Grok proliferated on X, […]
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