AI Policy Radar

    ELVIS Act

    The leading edge of AI likeness law — a model adopted amid the NO FAKES Act debate in Congress and directly relevant to music, entertainment and any synthetic-voice product strategy.

    What it is

    The first US law protecting voice against AI cloning: extends right-of-publicity protection to voice likeness and creates liability for distributing AI voice-cloning tools whose primary purpose is unauthorized reproduction.

    Who is affected

    The leading edge of AI likeness law — a model adopted amid the NO FAKES Act debate in Congress and directly relevant to music, entertainment and any synthetic-voice product strategy.

    Key obligations

    • Civil liability for unauthorized commercial use of AI-simulated voice or likeness
    • Liability extends to tools primarily designed for unauthorized voice cloning

    Recent signals

    • 30 June 2026

      Colorado AI Act takes effect after delayed start

      The first comprehensive US state AI law is now operative — as DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force weighs challenges under the December 2025 preemption executive order.

    • 19 March 2026

      New York RAISE Act frontier-safety duties begin

      New York joins California in requiring large frontier developers to publish safety protocols and report incidents.

    • 1 January 2026

      US state AI law wave: Texas, California and Illinois statutes take effect

      TRAIGA, SB 53 (frontier transparency), AB 2013 (training-data disclosure) and Illinois HB 3773 all become operative on the same day — the broadest single expansion of binding US AI law.

    • 29 September 2025

      California enacts SB 53, the first US frontier-AI transparency law

      Large frontier developers must publish safety frameworks and report catastrophic-risk incidents — the transparency-first successor to vetoed SB 1047.

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