Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the agency says. I’m pretty sure this puts us on the timeline where we eventually get incredible, futuristic tech, but computers and robots still sound mechanical and fake.

  • lewdian69@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    How does this get enforced though? They don’t even enforce their no call list or cut down on junk robo calls as it is.

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Most robo calls are not illegal as long as you follow the rules the FTC laid down.

      This would have ban AI generated voices, so regardless of the content of the robo call, if it used in AI voice it would be illegal.

    • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Don’t undersell the FCC’s rules around robocalling. No, we’re still getting robocalls out the ass, but when it comes from US locations companies get their asses handed to them. The FCC is also the entity that’s pushing the telcos to Make it possible to stop it from overseas sources. The new laws that went in place this year f***** up my twilio automation that was sending me SMS messages on server failures. All of a sudden I have a bunch of paperwork to fill out and a waiting list to be able to send an SMS via API.

      If the FCC wasn’t impeding robocalls as much as it is phones would be useless by now.

      • gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I also had the same setup and the same result from the A2P bullshit. Switched to email and DeltaChat instead and will be happy when I finish it lol.

          • gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            8 months ago

            For me that would be swapping out one rug pull for an inevitable other down the road, but thanks for the suggestion ♥️

            • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              8 months ago

              I was more than willing to pay for them, they want five accounts though. Like give me some way to pay for you that actually makes sense I’m totally down for it.

              • gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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                8 months ago

                Absolutely! Services that are provided for free with no (reasonable) way to pay for at a hobby level are a huge bugbear of mine.

      • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        But how stupid would you have to be to take a call from half way around the world and listen to their advice about the upcoming election? A phone call that claims to come from a local politician is a lot more believable if it comes from a local number.