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FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by will_a113@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the agency says. I'm pretty sure this puts us on the timeline where we eventually get incredible, futuristic tech, but computers and robots still sound mechanical and fake.

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most robo calls are not illegal as long as you follow the rules the FTC laid down.

This would have ban AI generated voices, so regardless of the content of the robo call, if it used in AI voice it would be illegal.

[–] thantik@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I need a citation for this "most", because if I recall correctly, "most" people are getting the illegal kind of robo calls, not the legal kind.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good call.

Looks like 55% are legitimate and the rest were scams.

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/state-of-robocalls/

[–] thantik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, you were the technically correct one here :D But it's a lot closer to 50/50 than I thought.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Totally lucky break on my side, I didn't know the scammers still held such a large percentage.