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Senators press Big Tech on AI, deepfakes, youth safety and the fate of local news
Summary
Committee members used the hearing to probe how AI products and platform policies affect misinformation, deepfakes, teen safety, and the economic viability of local journalism. Google acknowledged LLM "hallucination" risks in Gemini; Meta defended policy changes and said it intends to improve provenance and labeling for AI-generated content.
Senators used the Commerce Committee hearing to press platform witnesses about artificial intelligence, deepfakes, the online safety of teenagers, and the erosion of local journalism.
Senator Amy Klobuchar and others focused on the proliferation of digitally altered political videos and the need for provenance and labeling. Klobuchar noted pending legislation to require labeling of certain AI-generated media and asked Meta and Google whether they supported measures to mark altered content. Neil Potts said Meta supports directionally more transparency for AI-generated posts and pointed to industry efforts such…
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