TIL Iceland is having its own AI George Carlin moment after the national broadcaster there deepfaked a beloved comedian for a New Year's Eve comedy show. The country is now considering a ban on deepfaking the dead w/o family permission:
https://www.404media.co/iceland-considers-laws-against-deepfaking-the-dead-after-ai-resurrects-beloved-comedian/
Jason Koebler /
npub14u…38yy2
2024-01-24 19:18:47
Author Public Key
npub14u2edduffvdjfdmuflsz7eqgq8pszy7l3at0z6uanghdqpspgz0q538yy2Published at
2024-01-24 19:18:47Event JSON
{
"id": "269094067cf00658dd964a99ce50bcbbcd56fb5cc323fb0205666dc36b9b2aa9",
"pubkey": "af1596b7894b1b24b77c4fe02f640801c30113df8f56f16b9d9a2ed00601409e",
"created_at": 1706123927,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/jasonkoebler/statuses/111812537734531759",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "TIL Iceland is having its own AI George Carlin moment after the national broadcaster there deepfaked a beloved comedian for a New Year's Eve comedy show. The country is now considering a ban on deepfaking the dead w/o family permission:\n\nhttps://www.404media.co/iceland-considers-laws-against-deepfaking-the-dead-after-ai-resurrects-beloved-comedian/",
"sig": "dba8cbe5b7565c7451c4fb707a367ee77c5e26c5585a93b3b8ccaa7c47619aaac6166ab8f94aa75d54761a02ec8bb27581ee87779118cce8d99b10ecb619c03c"
}