How to Fight Back Against AI

The UK Online Safety Act 2023, which received Royal Assent in October 2023, requires platforms to proactively identify and remove AI-generated illegal content including deepfake pornography, CSAM, and AI-generated terrorist content. Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, gained powers to fine com…

Proposed federal legislation requiring that AI-generated content — images, videos, audio, and text — be clearly labeled as such. The bill has bipartisan support but as of 2025 has not been passed into law.

After NEDA announced it was replacing its human helpline staff with an AI chatbot named Tessa, laid-off workers and advocates launched a public campaign exposing that Tessa had already given harmful advice to people with eating disorders. The campaign led to NEDA suspending the chatbot and sparked n…

The No Robot Bosses Act (proposed 2023, S. 1525) would prohibit employers from using automated decision systems to make consequential employment decisions without human oversight and review. The bill requires that a human decision-maker review any AI recommendation before it is used to hire, fire, p…

COPPA 2.0 (Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, proposed 2023) would expand the original 1998 COPPA law to protect teenagers up to age 16, and add new requirements specifically addressing AI-driven profiling of minors. The bill prohibits targeted advertising to children and teens, bans…

CD Baby, one of the largest independent music distribution platforms, enacted a strict policy rejecting all fully AI-generated music, distinguishing itself as one of the few major distributors to take a hard line stance on the issue. The policy allows AI-assisted music only where a human performer i…

Multiple Texas school districts banned AI writing tools including ChatGPT from classrooms, citing academic integrity concerns. Some districts went further and blocked AI tools on school networks entirely while developing AI policies.

Washington's My Health MY Data Act (SB 1155, 2023) expands privacy protections to health data collected and processed by AI systems outside of HIPAA's scope. The law requires consent before AI systems can collect, share, or sell health-related behavioral data, location data used to infer health cond…

The HUMAN Act (Highlighted Under Machine Act, proposed 2023) would require AI-generated audio and audiovisual works distributed online or broadcast to be labeled with a disclosure that the content was created or significantly altered by AI. The bill was introduced by Representative Yvette Clarke in …

Italy's data protection authority (Garante) ordered ChatGPT to suspend operations in Italy on March 30, 2023, citing violations of GDPR relating to lack of legal basis for mass data collection, no age verification to protect minors, and inadequate disclosure to users whose data was used for AI train…

Arizona HB 2191 placed restrictions on new data center water usage permits in Maricopa County, requiring data centers consuming more than 1 million gallons of water per day to receive approval from the state Department of Water Resources. The law responded to growing concerns about AI data centers s…

The Recording Academy co-founded the Human Artistry Campaign at SXSW 2023 and has consistently maintained that Grammy Awards will only be given to recordings with a credited human creative contribution. The Academy's position is that AI-generated music is ineligible for Grammy recognition, protectin…

The RIAA, representing over 1,600 recorded music companies including Sony Music, Universal, and Warner, co-founded the Human Artistry Campaign at SXSW 2023 alongside more than 40 organizations. The campaign established public principles that AI must not replace human artistry, must respect existing …

SoundExchange, the digital royalty collection organization representing over 600,000 music creators, joined as a founding member of the Human Artistry Campaign at SXSW 2023. The company committed to a set of principles ensuring AI is developed and used in ways that support rather than replace human …

Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge issued a public commitment that UMG 'will not license any model that uses an artist's voice or generates new songs which incorporate an artist's existing songs without their consent.' UMG was a founding participant in the Human Artistry Campaign launched at S…

Capcom was among the major game studios that sent contract addendums to freelance artists in early 2023 specifically prohibiting the use of AI-generated art in any outsourced work, according to disclosures from industry artists. The studio cited copyright uncertainty as the core concern, requiring c…

Newgrounds, the independent animation and art platform with over 25 years of history, banned AI-generated content from its site entirely. The platform cited the harm to human artists whose work was used without consent to train the models.

Following mass protests from artists on its platform ('No AI Art' campaign), ArtStation introduced an AI-generated art filter allowing artists to opt out of having their work shown alongside AI content. The platform also added a no-AI disclosure tag.

NYC Local Law 144 requires employers using AI in hiring decisions to conduct annual bias audits by independent parties, and to publicly post a summary of the audit results. Employers must also notify candidates when automated employment decision tools are being used.

Getty Images banned AI-generated images from its platform and filed suit against Stability AI for training on its licensed photos without permission. Getty argued that compensation and consent — not a blanket ban on AI — is the correct model.

The EU Digital Services Act (DSA, Regulation 2022/2065) prohibits large platforms from using algorithmic recommendation systems to serve targeted advertising to minors and bans profiling of children for any commercial purpose. Platforms must conduct algorithmic risk assessments for harms to minors a…

Getty Images banned AI-generated art from its platform in September 2022, among the earliest major content platforms to do so, citing unresolved copyright concerns and the rights of photographers and artists. CEO Craig Peters stated the company would not be 'selling or licensing' AI-generated imager…

California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273, signed 2022) requires online services likely to be accessed by children under 18 to default to high-privacy settings, prohibit AI systems from profiling children without explicit consent, and conduct data protection impact assessments. Algorithm…

Spawning AI launched 'Have I Been Trained' — a tool allowing artists to check whether their work is in AI training datasets like LAION-5B and submit opt-out requests. Over 80 million images have been opted out. Major AI companies including Stability AI agreed to honor the opt-out list.