Sarah B. Rogers

The invention of the telegraph, there were worries about disinformation and attention span.

The invention of the telegraph, there were worries about disinformation and attention span.

The invention of the film strip, people thought the train was coming at them through the screen.

The invention of the film strip, people thought the train was coming at them through the screen.

The impulse to restrain that deal to regulate and to allow people to adapt and to give freedom the benefit of the doubt, that impulse tends to be vindicated over time.

The impulse to restrain that deal to regulate and to allow people to adapt and to give freedom the benefit of the doubt, that impulse tends to be vindicated over time.

When it comes to deepfakes, I think we have, in America and in Europe, strong legal remedies against defamation.

When it comes to deepfakes, I think we have, in America and in Europe, strong legal remedies against defamation.

So if someone creates an image of a public figure that is false and people are believing that image and a reasonable viewer would believe that that person engaged in that action, you can already sue for defamation.

So if someone creates an image of a public figure that is false and people are believing that image and a reasonable viewer would believe that that person engaged in that action, you can already sue for defamation.

And it might be that you use the existing fraud statute, but there are little regulatory tweaks you can make the fraud easier to detect.

And it might be that you use the existing fraud statute, but there are little regulatory tweaks you can make the fraud easier to detect.

So one approach, which I don't think is always correct, but it exemplifies one direction of thinking, is maybe there's watermarking or something on some AI images

So one approach, which I don't think is always correct, but it exemplifies one direction of thinking, is maybe there's watermarking or something on some AI images

that would mitigate tort liability for some of the providers.

that would mitigate tort liability for some of the providers.

Or when we invented capital markets on a mass scale, right?

Or when we invented capital markets on a mass scale, right?

We had our old laws against fraud, but we kind of made some more fine-grained securities regulations.

We had our old laws against fraud, but we kind of made some more fine-grained securities regulations.