To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish technical and procedural standards for artificial or prerecorded voice systems created through generative artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.

Key Points

• This bill updates the Communications Act of 1934 so that voices created by generative AI, like voice cloning, must follow the same technical and procedural standards that already apply to traditional prerecorded or artificial voice calls. This means AI-generated robocalls would be regulated the same way as regular robocalls.
• The change is a targeted, one-sentence amendment to an existing section of federal communications law (Section 227(d)(3) of the Communications Act). It does not create a brand-new regulatory framework but instead extends existing FCC authority to cover AI-generated voices.
• The bill gives the FCC flexibility to cover not just current AI voice technology but also future technologies that emerge, by allowing the Commission to decide what additional technologies fall under these rules.
• If enacted, this could help protect consumers from scam calls that use realistic AI-generated voices to impersonate real people, such as family members or public figures, which have become a growing concern as voice cloning technology improves.