Cate Blanchett launches The Human Consent Registry

"We are now in a world where things that make a person recognisable, identifiable, unique can be copied, reconstructed, and made to perform," Australian actress Cate Blanchett told a conference at the European Parliament as she launched a free online tool to give people the right to decide how their image can be used by AI firms. The public tool will allow anyone to register how they want their identity -- name, image, voice, likeness, movement and/or other personal attributes -- to be used by artificial intelligence systems. The Hollywood A-lister and stage star - who was 2018's most highly-paid actress - is increasingly exercising her producing and teaching skills while still remaining active in high-profile acting pursuits. "Theft is not innovation," she stresses with this new venture, which launches against a backdrop of growing alarm and indignation among content creators / performers whose instrinsic value is being mined and mimicked by AI over-reach. Blanechett makes the point that we are in danger of allowing invasive / aggressive AI development to degrade our most essential human rights.

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