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Actor | Technologist | Co-Chair, LA New Technology Committee at #SAGAFTRA and LA Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) Committee | #informedconsent #provenance #provenancedata #digitalwatermarking #NCIS #TheFlightAttendant #SWAT #Hunters
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Digital identity protection is hitting a 2025 turning point. • NO FAKES Act now backed by Google, OpenAI, SAG-AFTRA • LinkedIn rolls out C2PA authentication • 68% of deepfakes nearly indistinguishable Here's why. #DigitalIdentity #ContentAuthentication #AIEthics www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...

“AI-driven fraud is like on the rise. Deepfakes, once stuck to damaging videos affecting celebrities and average citizens alike, are now like advanced enough to happen in real time.” #AIEthics

Taylor Swift to high school girls around the country have been victims of non-consensual, explicit deepfakes images, where a person’s face is superimposed on a nude body using AI. Now, after months of outcry, there is finally a federal law criminalizing the sharing of those images. #AIEthics 👏

FACT: many Americans don’t have the basic education to look up a definition of “to 86”? Start with the dictionary: Merriam-Webster: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e...

Quick, get rid of diversity in the CIA because it's easy to blend in globally if you're a white male. #SarcasmDoesntPrint

(1 of 2) Dubbing is such an undervalued job now that they make the actors lock their phones in a cubby-safe The new software can change the language, change the lip movement...and keep the original voice and emotional content.

Why are we comparing computer <--> human intelligence? 🧑🏼‍🦱 We are bags of adrenaline and cortisol and oxytocin with five senses. 🤖 AI is a new species that recognizes patterns in data oceans where we can’t swim. Assuming AI will think like us is not only inaccurate—it’s myopic and dangerous.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the core priorities of Pope Francis. #AIEthics

“We need strong regulations and protections in place to safeguard artists when people try to steal their work and pass it off as their own using artificial intelligence,”“This bill was made to clarify existing law using language approved by both #SAGAFTRA and the #MPA #AIEthics

He may have been too Christlike for some people, but from an outsider’s perspective, he was my fave so far. RIP #PopeFrancis. #CatholicChurch #Requiem

Just returned from the Internet Identity Workshop in San Jose where experts tackled protecting digital IDs in the AI era. It seems folks were not yet incorporating likeness, voice, and movement. It was a pleasure to speak on this in front of a great group. www.protectdigitalidentity.org

🔍 NSF RESEARCH PROJECT HELP NEEDED! Have an NSF research grant to fight insurance fraud. Know ANYONE in auto insurance - claims adjusters or SIU investigators? Need just 15 mins of their time for research (not selling). MIT partnership developing tech to verify photos in claims.

Hold on a second. Your entrance strategy is to crash the markets and raise consumer prices? ::::starting the popcorn::::

“A federal judge today denied OpenAI’s motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit by The New York Times, a major development in a closely watched case that will test the limits of what AI firms can use, and how, to train their large language models.” #AIEthics

Stage to startup: Deepfakes created the problem. We're building the antidote. #PixelProof #DigitalIdentity #OnChainAuthenticity #EthicalAI #Ethereum #Layer2 @protectdid.bsky.social

Watch NAVA Live in Sacramento Tuesday March 18th, 9am PT. CA Assembly Privacy & Consumer Protection Committee Chair, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan will speak about her bill AB-412 (the AI Copyright Transparency Act) Link to Press Conference : www.youtube.com/live/wK95aZh...

Your image is YOURS. No one has the right to fuck with it. Follow @protectdid.bsky.social and sign the open letter to Congress here: ProtectDigitalIdentity.org #NOFAKESAct #COPIEDAct

We are all on this beautiful Big Blue Green Planet together. We know that survival means caring for one another. In the world of improv, the words most important are, "Yes, and..." Those words keep us strong, positive, and adding to the conversation. #YesAnd #StarterPack

Please join me and sign the open letter to congress at ProtectDigitalIdentity.org #NOFAKESAct #COPIEDAct #AIEthics #ArtificialIntelligence #AI @protectdid.bsky.social

This is so important. 💥 ▶️ Please sign! ▶️ We must keep our kids and ourselves safe. #AIEthics #NoFAKESAct #CopiedAct

Your voice. Your likeness. Your movements. Your digital identity belongs to you. A framework for protecting Americans in the AI age: #MyDigitalIdentityIsMine #ProtectDigitalIdentity open.substack.com/pub/erikpass...

The Mighty Blue Resistance is at the ready. Powerful voices. All vetted. Stepping up every day to bring you news, truthful information, and creative joy sprinkled in. We are the ones we've been waiting for. The time is now. Stay strong. Believe. 🌎 💙 ✌️

As a SAG-AFTRA leader working on digital identity protection, I signed the open letter to pause giant AI experiments. We are very close to the Singularity, and we need AI ethics ASAP. #EthicalAI @protectdid.bsky.social

The former chief executive of Google is worried artificial intelligence could be used by terrorists or "rogue states" to "harm innocent people." Eric Schmidt told the BBC: "The real fears that I have are not the ones that most people talk about AI - I talk about extreme risk." #AIEthics #TechSky

The US has over 200 million working-age people. Billionaires, please read about 1789 France before you replace an entire population with AI. #AIEthics #HistoryIsCyclical #UBI

This is exactly what we’re talking about. FYI, in the state of California, per AB 2602, her likeness is her legal property. Non-consensual theft. Doesn’t matter the cause, you need to ask permission. #ProtectDigitalIdentity #EthicalAI

THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR ALL CREATIVES, WRITERS, JOURNALISTS, ACTORS, etc!!!! Legal precedent is now set for the NYT vs. OpenAI lawsuit 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @sagaftra.org @stardustbluepr.com @francesfisher11.bsky.social @ugottawoody.bsky.social @navavoices.bsky.social @nytimes.com @matthewtaber.bsky.social

Our NCIS episode "Sticks and Stones" won a Teddy at the Movieguide Awards! A story about making impossible ethical choices in life's hardest moments. Thank you NCIS family & Robert Catrini for sharing this journey. 🏆 #NCIS #EthicalAI

Thrilled! Two @MovieguideAwards nominations for our #NCIS episode! From adversaries to allies, Sweeney and Parker's journey through a nuclear crisis showcases what NCIS does best. Always pure joy to play opposite Gary Cole. Ceremony Feb 7th at the Avalon Hollywood! 🎬🏆