California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Tuesday that aim to protect actors and performers from having their names, images and likenesses copied by artificial intelligence without authorization.
“We’re making sure that no one turns over their name, image and likeness to unscrupulous people without representation or union advocacy,” Newsom said in a video posted on X.
One of the bills protects actors and performers from binding contracts that allow artificial intelligence to use replicas of their digital voices or images in place of in-person work unless a performer has representation…