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resemble-ai
Resemble AI finds AI media in 1 of 11 Meta ad files
Two of 3,379 flagged files disclosed AI in the ad copy, and none of the 971 files checked for provenance data carried any.
korea
Korea's AI film boom is outrunning its copyright rules
Generative AI has pulled Korean AI films close to live-action quality, but its copyright, likeness and performer rules remain unsettled.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's AI ad law requires disclosure on deceptive ads
Governor Josh Shapiro signed Senate Bill 806 on October 22, 2026; it takes effect December 21 and lets the attorney general seek civil fines up to $3,000.
deepfakes
EU Socialists draft a bloc-wide ban on harmful deepfakes
The group's tech objectives, seen by POLITICO, would put the duty to stop deepfakes on platforms and AI providers, and name no mechanism for the ban.
getup
GetUp posts a fake AI video to push a political ad ban
The advocacy group's petition to ban lifelike AI-generated depictions of people or events that never existed had more than 17,300 signatures as of October 16.
Japan Actors Union
Japan actors union publishes first AI voice guidelines
The voluntary rules require a performer's consent before training, generation and release, pay for AI voice use, and fresh permission for AI dubbing.
Brazil
Brazil's electoral court judge orders pro-Lula AI video pulled
Substitute judge Marco Aurélio Bellizze gave government lawyer Jorge Messias 24 hours to delete the unlabeled video and left any fine to a later ruling.
China
China's AI short dramas add 221,900 releases in six months
Of 221,900 AI short dramas on Douyin in the first half of 2026, only 1,055 passed 100 million views, as new rules require labels in every episode.
California
AI ad performers now need a label in New York, California next
California's law takes effect January 1, 2027 and covers AI voices; New York's has been in force since June 9 and exempts audio-only ads.
Germany
Germany's cabinet approves a bill criminalizing sexual deepfakes
The draft adds new crimes for damaging deepfakes, fake profiles and covert tracking, and lets courts order platforms to remove content and block accounts.
Denmark
Denmark moves to ban sharing AI deepfakes without consent
Culture minister Zenia Stampe's bill targets platforms that fail to remove lifelike copies of a person's face or voice, and would protect performers too.
AI video
Malaysia warns of legal action over a fake AI video of Mahathir
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission is reviewing a 27-second TikTok clip that mixes real footage of the former prime minister with AI-generated scenes of him and his late wife.
White House
Trump signs a voluntary AI safety accord with six tech chiefs
The four-step pledge adds outside audits and board oversight for frontier models, and it leaves deepfakes, synthetic performers and AI video untouched.
youku
Youku used an AI face swap to bring back a banned hit drama
The 2016 romance returned in 4K with a new actress's face over the original lead, and the swap is the product now.
SB 1000
California bill would extend AI watermarks to every generator
The bill sitting on the governor's desk would drop the million-user threshold from California's AI transparency law and add a created-or-altered field to hidden watermarks.
California
Gavin Newsom signs law requiring AI actors in ads to be labeled
The law takes effect January 1, 2027 and puts AI actors inside California's false advertising statute.