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On Thursday afternoon, Tennessee became the first state to enact voice, image and likeness protections for its residents against misuses of artificial intelligence through a new bill, the ELVIS Act.
Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill into law alongside musicians and other state representatives on the stage of the Lower Broadway honky-tonk Robert's Western World.
The ELVIS Act, short for the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act - HB 2091, advocates on behalf of the state's music creators by enacting voice protections. The bill arrives in the midst of AI advances where deepfakes and unauthorized uses of artists' voices and likenesses.
The signing ceremony included comments from Gov. Lee himself, State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier, JesseLee Jones and Emily Ann Jones, and artists Chris Janson and Luke Bryan.
Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill into law alongside musicians and other state representatives on the stage of the Lower Broadway honky-tonk Robert's Western World.
The ELVIS Act, short for the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act - HB 2091, advocates on behalf of the state's music creators by enacting voice protections. The bill arrives in the midst of AI advances where deepfakes and unauthorized uses of artists' voices and likenesses.
The signing ceremony included comments from Gov. Lee himself, State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier, JesseLee Jones and Emily Ann Jones, and artists Chris Janson and Luke Bryan.
TN Gov. Lee signs ELVIS Act into law in honky-tonk, protects musicians from AI abuses
On Thursday afternoon, Tennessee became the first state to enact voice, image and likeness protections for its residents against misuses of artificial intelligence through a new bill, the ELVIS Act.
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