NAB's LeGeyt Applauds Anti-Deepfake Copied Act

NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt praised proposed legislation protecting news organizations from deceptive AI-generated content, an NAB release said. Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Thursday announced the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media (Copied) Act with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., (see 2407110044). LeGeyt said he's “grateful” for the bill that will “protect the authenticity of the vital local and national news radio and television stations provide our communities." Deepfakes “pose a significant threat to the integrity of broadcasters’ trusted journalism, especially during an election year when accurate information is paramount.” LeGeyt also said NAB applauds “the prohibition on the use of our news content to train generative AI systems or to create competing content without express consent and compensation to the news creator.”