Public Knowledge recognizes the need for artificial intelligence policy that helps us achieve the enormous potential benefits of AI tools. We aim to support AI policies that minimize risk to our democracy and society. Review the following resources to learn more about how Public Knowledge is advocating for AI governance that benefits us all:
Blog Posts
October 21, 2024: Digital Replicas, Part II: Guidelines for Addressing Harms
October 21, 2024: Digital Replicas, Part I: Defining the Harms
March 18, 2024: “Lies All the Way Down” – Combating 2024 Election Disinformation
February 27, 2024: Challenging Big Tech in the Age of AI
January 25, 2024: Celebs: They’re Just Like Us! (Or Might Be, Under These New Anti-Deepfake Bills)
January 9, 2024: The Top Reasons the JCPA Won’t Save Local News — Including from AI
August 14, 2023: Hey, That’s My Voice! – The Significance of the Right of Publicity in the Age of Generative AI
August 7, 2023: Lies, Damn Lies, and Generative Artificial Intelligence: How GAI Automates Disinformation and What We Should Do About It
June 29, 2023: AI Policy and the Uncanny Valley Freakout
May 11, 2023: Generative AI is Disruptive, But More Copyright Isn’t the Answer.
April 7, 2023: AI Doesn’t Need to Move Fast and Break Things
March 8, 2023: Sorry Sydney: Generative AI Doesn’t (and Shouldn’t) Have a Liability Shield
Press Releases
January 25, 2024: Public Knowledge Commends FTC Move To Investigate Big Tech, AI Partnerships
November 8, 2023: Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis Testifies Before Senate AI Insights Forum on Privacy and Liability
October 30, 2023: Public Knowledge Applauds White House Executive Order To Safeguard AI Development
Other Public Knowledge Content
November 12, 2024: Comments in Response to DOE Request for Information on FASST
October 28, 2024: Public AI: Infrastructure for the Common Good
October 21, 2024: Coalition Letter to Congress Opposing NO FAKES Act
March 27, 2024: Final NTIA Comments on Widely Available Model Weights
February 2, 2024: NIST Comments on AI Executive Order
November 15, 2023: The Intersection of Federal Privacy Legislation & AI Governance
November 8, 2023: Chris Lewis Senate AI Insights Forums Testimony on Privacy and Liability
October 30, 2023 : USCO AI and Copyright Comments
August 1, 2023: Reply Comments to PCAST on Generative AI
July 7, 2023: Reply Comments to OSTP on Artificial Intelligence
June 12, 2023: NTIA AI Accountability Reply Comments
May 17, 2023: Opening Remarks at the “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence” Listening Session
Key Media and Opinions
October 21, 2024: Vote Yes On Locking Artist’s Voices In Contractual Seashells Like The Little Mermaid (Fight for the Future)
August 19, 2024: NO FAKES – A Dream for Lawyers, a Nightmare for Everyone Else (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
October 31, 2023: Artificial Intelligence and the Path Forward for Technology Policy (Harvard Advanced Leadership)
October 24, 2023: The Future of AI Is GOMA (The Atlantic)
August 8, 2023: AI companies try to self-regulate (Politico)
July 28, 2023: AI Regulation Roundup: Where Are We Now? (Net Caucus)
June 6, 2023: AI’s steep costs are already triggering competition concerns (Washington Post)
May 23, 2023: Generative AI tools like ChatGPT could test bounds of tech liability shield (The Hill)
May 11, 2023: Musicians Are Already Using AI More Often Than We Think (Pitchfork)
May 10, 2023: Frank Ocean fans are getting scammed with fake AI-generated songs (The Verge)
May 1, 2023: Drake’s AI clone is here — and Drake might not be able to stop him (The Verge)
January 17, 2023: Nick Cave says ChatGPT’s AI attempt to write Nick Cave lyrics ‘sucks’ (BBC)
External Resources
October 21, 2024: Take Action: Stop Little Mermaid Bills from Stealing Artists’ Voices! (Fight for the Future)
January 18, 2024: Enabling Creativity: A Panel on AI, Art, and Copyright (Chamber of Progress panel)
October 4, 2023: CC Global Summit 2023 Day 1 Plenary Panel: AI & Copyright (Creative Commons panel)
October 15, 2023: Generative Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Creativity (Movement for a Better Internet)