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FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the agency says. I'm pretty sure this puts us on the timeline where we eventually get incredible, futuristic tech, but computers and robots still sound mechanical and fake.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For the past 2 weeks I have been getting calls from a company claiming to register companies for voice search optimization. I've repeatedly told them to stop calling me, to which they respond that the calls won't relent until I sign up with their service. I've been threatened, mocked, and just straight hung up on, so now I enjoy just waisting as much of their time as possible. I filed a complaint last week, so I'm just logging all their calls to increase the inevitable fine (they're US based, all of the agents are clearly American).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

tell them you're interested, keep them on the line for as much time as possible, waste them every time. that becomes expensive for them at a point.