# Senators Push for 70-Year Protection Against Unauthorized AI-Generated Likeness Clones 🛡️

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/senators-push-for-70-year-protection-against-unauthorized-ai-generated-likeness-clones/288133>\
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**Created:** [August 2, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/senators-push-for-70-year-protection-against-unauthorized-ai-generated-likeness-clones/288133 "2024-08-02T01:19:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/senators-push-for-70-year-protection-against-unauthorized-ai-generated-likeness-clones/288133/1 "2024-08-02T01:19:21Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **New Digital Rights** : The NO FAKES Act of 2024, introduced by bipartisan senators, aims to protect individuals from unauthorized AI-generated replicas of their voice or likeness by creating a “digital replication right.”

2. **Extended Posthumous Protection** : The legislation proposes that this right extends 10 years after death, with possible extensions every five years, up to a total of 70 years, allowing individuals and their heirs to control digital representations long after their passing.

3. **Balancing Free Speech** : The act includes provisions to ensure that First Amendment rights are upheld, providing exclusions for documentaries, biographical works, and content created for commentary, criticism, or parody.

[Read more at Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com)