The government’s Legislative Actions Commission did not support a bill that imposes separate criminal liability for the distribution of deepfakes, artificial intelligence (AI)-generated fake media material. It has been reported TASS With reference to the draft Cabinet recall on the document.
It was noted that as the author of the initiative acted deputy Sergey Leonov from the LDPR faction. According to the draft review, he proposed adding a clause to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation that provides for liability for the illegal creation or dissemination of information about people without their consent, using artificial intelligence, which replaces the face and voice.
According to the text of the document, the initiative does not consider the creation of materials using AI that “contain information about a person’s private life, which are not of sufficient public danger without the purpose of their subsequent distribution”. It’s in the nature of crime.”
It is also noted that the illegal dissemination of a person’s personal data, including the use of AI, falls under Article 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Violation of privacy”. In addition, the materials in the draft law do not contain data showing the inefficiency of the current legislation.
Former Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova declarationthat states should regulate the deep fraud problem at the legislative level. According to Zakharova, one should be prepared to immediately mobilize eyewitnesses who can refute the stuffing using deep fake technology.
Later it was learned that he was in Roskomnadzor. explored the prospects Using artificial intelligence to ensure security by automatically detecting false information on the Internet.