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Sean Astin testifies before Congress on AI and IP protections

Original: Actor and SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin testified before Congress about AI and intellectual property protections https:

Actor Sean Astin, president of the performers' union SAG-AFTRA, testified before Congress about artificial intelligence and intellectual property protections. His appearance highlights the entertainment industry's ongoing push for legal safeguards against unauthorized AI use of actors' likenesses, voices and creative work. Observers see it as part of a broader political fight over how US copyright law should address generative AI.

Why now: High-profile testimony from a union leader on AI and copyright taps into widespread concern about AI exploiting creative workers

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