It’s possible that Kohls’ concerns about AB 2839 are unwarranted. Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon told Politico that Kohls’ parody label on X was good enough to clear him of liability under the law.

  • @9point6
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    523 months ago

    Kinda telling on himself given the “with actual malice” part of it

    • bean
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      13 months ago

      Same. It did stop me scrolling though just to see wtf anyway. Haha

  • 100_kg_90_de_belin
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    63 months ago

    He pointed to a long history of political cartoons and comedic impressions of politicians, claiming that “AI-generated commentary, though a new mode of speech, falls squarely within this tradition.”

    Yeah, sure. Basically a “potato potahto” thing.

  • nifty
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    53 months ago

    His argument doesn’t fly because he didn’t indicate that his political commentary was just that and not real, so it could have been misconstrued as real, which is what the deepfake law is trying to prevent.