- Robotics / Artificial Intelligence
Legal Responses to Unauthorized Use of Portraits and Voices by Generative AI
Recent advances in generative AI have enabled highly accurate imitation and reproduction of human portraits and voices. As a result, deepfakes, AI cover songs, and synthesized voice products that use the faces and voices of celebrities and voice actors without authorization have become increasingly prevalent. These technological developments raise the risk of infringing rights and interests that have not been fully addressed by traditional legal frameworks, and give rise to complex questions regarding the scope and availability of legal protection. From a corporate perspective, there is a growing risk that a company’s characters or its employees’ portraits and voices may be misappropriated without consent via generative AI. Conversely, companies that use generative AI for advertising, marketing, or presentations also face the risk...To read the full article, please see the PDF file
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Masaya Sasaki
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- Tokyo
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In the area of Robotics/Artificial Intelligence, Shin Fukuoka mainly handles AI, Big Data and IoT. He acts as a Member of The Cabinet Office’s “Committee on Human-centered AI Social Principles” and Committee Member of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Investigative Commission on "The AI and Data Contract Guidelines Review Committee". He has also contributed to many publications, including "Law and Strategy of the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence", "Artificial Intelligence: Law and Issues" and "Data Contract Law". In the area of Corporate, he mainly handles M&A and Corporate Governance. In the area of Restructuring/Insolvency, he has been involved in numerous restructuring and insolvency cases, with a focus on cross-border insolvency cases, representing both debtor parties and creditor parties. Most recently, he represented Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha and Japan Airlines as a legal counsel of the debtor and Elpida, Takefuji and Mt.Gox as a creditor’s counsel. He has also handled a number of real estate related disputes.