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Recent News
Youth-Led Organizations File Amicus Brief in Garcia v. Character Technologies
Encode files brief in case of first impression supporting mother whose son died by suicide after using AI companion application.
Digital Exploitation: Mapping the Scope of Child Deepfake Incidents in the US
Encode publishes piece in Tech Policy Press announcing map of child deepfake exploitation.
Encode Applauds Release of California AI Working Group's Draft Report
Report Recommendations for 3rd Party Auditing and Whistleblower Protections Include Key Provisions of SB 1047, to Improve AI Safety
Encode releases coalition letter in support of the TAKE IT DOWN Act
A coalition of advocacy groups are urging the top lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to pass legislation that would criminalize the publication of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes.
Register to Take Our AI Course for Independent Educators
Encode, in partnership with Pathos Consulting Group, just released an AI certification course for independent educators.
Tech Policy Press: The US Senate’s Passage of the TAKE IT DOWN ACT is Progress on an Urgent, Growing Problem
Encode’s Adam Billen and Sunny Gandhi published a piece in Tech Policy Press discussing the TAKE IT DOWN and DEFIANCE Acts.
Encode Statement on Global AI Action Summit in Paris
Encode Urges True Cooperation on AI Governance In Light of “Missed Opportunity” at Paris Summit
TIME: AI Companion App Replika Faces FTC Complaint
Third tier companies make products; second tier companies make technology; first tier companies make standards
Encode-Backed AI/Nuclear Guardrails Signed Into Law
U.S. Sets Historic AI Policy for Nuclear Weapons in FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act.
First Tier Companies Make Standards: Catching up with China on the Edge
Third tier companies make products; second tier companies make technology; first tier companies make standards
Encode Backs Legal Challenge to OpenAI's For-Profit Switch
Our amicus brief is supported by Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton.
Encode Applauds TAKE IT DOWN Act Inclusion in the C.R.
Encode celebrates key victory following months of advocacy for bipartisan bill to combat online intimate image abuse.
Encode's VP of Policy Publishes Seattle Times Op-Ed
Encode’s Adam Billen publishes op-ed addressing steps schools and lawmakers can take to combat deepfake nudes in schools in the Seattle Times.
Encode & ARI Coalition Letter: The DEFIANCE and TAKE IT DOWN Acts
On Wednesday, Americans for Responsible Innovation and Encode announced a new petition campaign, urging the House of Representatives to pass protections against AI-generated non-consensual intimate images (NCII) and revenge porn before the end of the year.
School District Brief: Safeguards to Prevent Deepfake Sexual Abuse in Schools
Deepfake sexual abuse, a growing issue in schools with significant harm to young female victims, underscores the urgent need for updated policies.
Petition Urging House to Stop Non-Consensual Deepfakes
On Wednesday, Americans for Responsible Innovation and Encode announced a new petition campaign, urging the House of Representatives to pass protections against AI-generated non-consensual intimate images (NCII) and revenge porn before the end of the year.
Encode Hosts Capitol Hill Summit on Ending Deepfake Porn
Event featuring deepfake victim Francesca Mani and Sens. Cruz, Klobuchar, and Durbin
Newsom vetoes landmark AI safety bill backed by Californians
Sunny Gandhi of Encode: “It’s a moral chasm between Silicon Valley and Main Street.”
Sneha Revanur, the youngest of TIME’s top 100 in AI
Earlier this year, Sneha Revanur began to notice a new trend among her friends: “In the same way that Google has become a commonly accepted verb, ChatGPT just entered our daily vocabulary.” A freshman in college at the time, she noticed that—whether drafting an email to a professor or penning a breakup text—her peers seemed to be using the chatbot for just about everything.
Coalition Letter: The DEFIANCE Act
Encode publishes open letter in support of the DEFIANCE Act with support from industry, civil society, and the education space.
What Gen Z wants from AI policymakers
Encode Justice called on global policymakers to pass rules protecting the livelihoods and rights of young people as the technology is developed by 2030.
Youth call on world leaders to set AI safeguards by 2030
Youth activists issued a sweeping call to action on Thursday for heightened AI protections.