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This bill, known as the Digital Dignity Act, aims to protect individuals' personal rights in the digital age by addressing the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) to create "digital replicas," which are realistic, computer-generated versions of a person's voice or likeness. The act clarifies that falsely impersonating someone, even through a digital replica, with intent to deceive or defraud is a crime. It also establishes new civil liabilities for those who distribute content containing digital replicas with actual knowledge of their misuse, particularly if it leads to defamation or unauthorized commercial use. For large online platforms that offer generative AI tools capable of creating digital replicas, the bill mandates mechanisms for users to revoke access to their replicas at any time and requires platforms to promptly address reports of misuse. Furthermore, it imposes record-keeping obligations on generative AI tool providers and allows city attorneys or the Attorney General to pursue civil penalties and injunctions for violations. The bill also amends existing laws to include digital replicas in protections against unauthorized commercial use of one's likeness and expands protections for deceased personalities' digital replicas, while also introducing criminal penalties for certain egregious uses of AI-generated impersonations.

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