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California lawmakers approve legislation to ban deepfakes,

protect workers and regulate AI

By TRÂN NGUYEN and algorithmic discrimina-
Associated Press tion before agencies could
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) enter any contract involv-
— California lawmakers ap- ing AI models used to de-
proved a host of proposals fine decisions.
this week aiming to regulate Protecting workers
the artificial intelligence in- Inspired by the months-long
dustry, combat deepfakes Hollywood actors strike last
and protect workers from year, lawmakers approved
exploitation by the rapidly a proposal to protect work-
evolving technology. ers, including voice actors
The California Legislature, and audiobook performers,
which is controlled by from being replaced by
Democrats, is voting on their AI-generated clones.
hundreds of bills during its The measure mirrors lan-
final week of the session to guage in the contract the
send to Gov. Gavin New- SAG-AFTRA made with stu-
som's desk. Their deadline is dios last December.
Saturday. State and local agencies
The Democratic governor would be banned from us-
has until Sept. 30 to sign the ing AI to replace workers at
proposals, veto them or let call centers under one of
them become law without the proposals.
his signature. Newsom sig- The California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., is seen on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. California also may create
naled in July he will sign a Associated Press penalties for digitally clon-
proposal to crack down on being used to trick voters with materials altered by AI. Settng safety guardrails ing dead people without
election deepfakes but has and generate deepfake A pair of proposals would California could become consent of their estates.
not weighed in other legis- pornography of minors, make it illegal to use AI tools the first state in the na- Keeping up with the tech-
lation. California lawmakers ap- to create images and vid- tion to set sweeping safety nology
He warned earlier this sum- proved several bills this eos of child sexual abuse. measures on large AI mod- As corporations increasing-
mer that overregulation week to crack down on the Current law does not allow els. ly weave AI into Americans'
could hurt the homegrown practice. district attorneys to go after The legislation sent by law- daily lives, state lawmakers
industry. In recent years, he Lawmakers approved leg- people who possess or dis- makers to the governor's also passed several bills to
often has cited the state's islation to ban deepfakes tribute AI-generated child desk requires developers to increase AI literacy.
budget troubles when re- related to elections and sexual abuse images if they start disclosing what data One proposal would re-
jecting legislation that he require large social media cannot prove the materials they use to train their mod- quire a state working group
would otherwise support. platforms to remove the are depicting a real per- els. The efforts aim to shed to consider incorporating
Here is a look at some of deceptive material 120 son. more light into how AI mod- AI skills into math, science,
the AI bills lawmakers ap- days before Election Day Tech companies and social els work and prevent future history and social science
proved this year. and 60 days thereafter. media platforms would be catastrophic disasters. curriculums. Another would
Combatting deepfakes Campaigns also would be required to provide AI de- Another measure would re- develop guideline on how
Citing concerns over how required to publicly dis- tection tools to users under quire the state to set safety schools could use AI in the
AI tools are increasingly close if they're running ads another proposal. protocols preventing risks classrooms.q

Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in

August but are hovering near 4-year lows

mation that has not been Security Department re- our partnerships with oth-
publicly released. leased a statement by Sec- er countries in the region
The tally suggests that ar- retary Alejandro Mayorkas and around the world, we
rests could be bottoming calling on Congress to sup- continue to see the lowest
out after being halved port failed legislation that number of encounters at
from a record 250,000 in would have suspended our Southwest border since
December, a decline that asylum processing when September 2020," Mayor-
U.S. officials largely attrib- crossings reached certain kas said Saturday.
A vehicle drives along the U.S. side of the US-Mexico border wall uted to Mexican authori- thresholds, reshaped how The steep drop from last
in Nogales, Ariz., June 25, 2024. ties increasing enforce- asylum claims are decided year's highs is welcome
Associated Press ment within their borders. to relieve bottlenecked im- news for the White House
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Authorities made about Arrests were more than migration courts and add- and the Democrats' White
Associated Press 54,000 arrests through halved again after Demo- ed Border Patrol agents, House nominee, Vice Presi-
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests Thursday, which, at the cratic President Joe Biden among other things. dent Kamala Harris, despite
for illegal border crossings current rate, would bring invoked authority to tem- Republicans including criticism from many im-
from Mexico during August the August total to about porarily suspend asylum presidential nominee Don- migration advocates that
are expected to rise slightly 58,000 when the month processing in June. Arrests ald Trump opposed the bill, asylum restrictions go too
from July, officials said, pos- ends Saturday, according plunged to 56,408 in July, calling it insufficient. far and from those favoring
sibly ending a streak of five to two U.S. Customs and a nearly four-year low that "Thanks to action taken by more enforcement who say
straight monthly declines Border Protection officials. changed little in August. the Biden-Harris Adminis- Biden's new and expanded
but the numbers are hover- They spoke on condition of Asked about the latest tration, the hard work of legal paths to entry are far
ing near four-year lows. anonymity to discuss infor- numbers, the Homeland our DHS personnel and too generous.q