Judge Grants Injunction: Calif. AI Election Law Acts As ‘Hammer Instead Of Scalpel’

( October 7, 2024, 3:17 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Recently enacted California legislation imposing potential civil penalties for manipulated and deceptive artificial intelligence-generated election materials acts more like a “hammer instead of a scalpel” and likely violates constitutional speech protections, a federal judge in California said in enjoining the law....