Cate Blanchett launches free Human Consent Registry to let people control AI use of their likeness
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Ana-Maria Stanciuc
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Cate Blanchett and MEP Eva Maydell launched the Human Consent Registry, a free tool that allows individuals to set terms on how AI systems can use their name, face, and voice. Unveiled at the European Parliament, the registry treats a person's identity as licensable property, giving people control over whether and how AI can use their likeness.
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Cate Blanchett stood in the European Parliament in Brussels and launched a free website that lets anyone do exactly that, telling AI systems how, or whether, they may use a person's identity.
The tool is called the Human Consent Registry, and it is the first pub
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