The FCC proposes requiring robocallers to disclose when they’re using AI
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6PWFQ)
Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a new set of rules this week that would require robocallers to disclose when they're using artificial intelligence for phone calls and text messages.
The proposal builds on the FCC's ban on making AI-generated robocalls without the express prior consent of the person being called. The agency now hopes to require callers to say, while seeking that consent, whether they plan to use AI for future calls and messages, the FCC writes. Similar disclosures would have to be added to any AI-generated phone calls, which the agency says contain an enhanced risk of fraud and other scams."
The regulator suggests defining an AI generated call" as any that uses technology to create an artificial...