What US FCC Declaratory Ruling - AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Are Artificial Voices under TCPA (February 8, 2024) requires
On February 8, 2024 the Federal Communications Commission adopted a unanimous Declaratory Ruling holding that calls made with AI-generated voices are calls made using artificial or prerecorded voice within the meaning of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991. The Ruling clarifies that the TCPA prior-express-written-consent requirements for telemarketing calls to residential lines and to all calls to mobile phones using an artificial or prerecorded voice apply equally to AI-cloned and AI-synthesised voices. The Ruling is codified in FCC docket CG 02-278 and was prompted by the use of AI voice cloning in a January 2024 New Hampshire primary election robocall impersonating President Biden. The Ruling makes such AI-generated robocalls without consent immediately illegal under longstanding TCPA provisions and exposes callers to TCPA private rights of action including statutory damages of 500 to 1500 USD per call, FCC civil penalties up to 23000 USD per violation under FCC enforcement authority, and state attorney general enforcement under TCPA's parallel state law authorities. The Ruling also enables state AGs to use TCPA tools against AI-generated robocall scams and protects voters during elections from AI voice impersonation.
Pillar: AI Governance & Law · Authority: US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - Declaratory Ruling adopted February 8 2024, CG Docket No. 02-278 · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-makes-ai-generated-voices-robocalls-illegal
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- Federal Communications Commission, Declaratory Ruling on AI-generated voices and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, adopted unanimously on February 8, 2024 in CG Docket No. 02-278
- FCC Declaratory Ruling holding 1: AI-generated voices, including voice clones and synthetic voices, qualify as artificial or prerecorded voice within the meaning of the TCPA at 47 U.S.C. 227
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