AI generated voice joins "artificial" and "prerecorded" speech already regulated under § 227(b)
- Peter Schneider
- Feb 12, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 6
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act § 227(b) already regulated artificial and prerecorded voice robocalls but just to make it abundantly clear the FCC officially declared artificial intelligence generated speech as also falling under § 227(b) in a ruling dated 2/8/2024.
'Today the Federal Communications Commission announced the unanimous adoption of a Declaratory Ruling that recognizes calls made with AI-generated voices are “artificial” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).'
Telemarketers generally must have your written consent to place calls to you that fall under § 227(b) and these calls are also regulated under RCW 80.36.400. A single illegal robocall in Washington State can entitle the recipient up to $11,000 in damages.
Current Technology is so advanced you may be on the phone with a with a computer and not realize it. One way to smoke it out is ask it a question it isn't programed to answer such as "does my wife need to be here?". Computers will rarely give a natural sounding response to that question.
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The thoughts, opinions and musings of this blog are those of Peter Schneider, a consumer advocate and Washington State plaintiff's TCPA attorney at Northwest Debt Resolution, LLC. They are just that, his thoughts, opinions and musings and should be treated as such. They are not legal advice. If you are looking to file a lawsuit for TCPA violations and unwanted calls please contact me for a consultation.
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