Guernsey and Jersey have joined 61 authorities in signing a global statement on AI-generated imagery.
Data protection authorities from around the world have published a Joint Statement on AI-Generated Imagery in response to serious concerns about artificial intelligence systems that create realistic images and videos of identifiable individuals without their knowledge or consent, often referred to as deepfakes.
The Statement represents the united position of 61 data protection authorities and highlights the privacy and wider risks posed by AI content generation systems, particularly the potential harms to children.
It sets out key expectations and fundamental principles for organisations developing and using AI image and video generation systems. These include:
- Implementing robust safeguards to prevent the misuse of personal information and the creation of non-consensual intimate imagery and other harmful material, particularly involving children.
- Ensuring meaningful transparency about AI system capabilities, safeguards, acceptable uses and the consequences of misuse.
- Providing effective and accessible mechanisms for individuals to request the removal of harmful content involving their personal information, and responding rapidly to such requests.
- Addressing specific risks to children through enhanced protections and clear, age-appropriate information for children, parents, guardians and educators.
The co-signatories have committed to sharing information on their approaches to addressing these concerns, including enforcement, policy and education.
The Joint Statement was coordinated by the Global Privacy Assembly’s International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group, for which Guernsey’s Office of the Data Protection Authority serves as secretariat and co-chair.
Brent Homan (pictured), Guernsey’s Commissioner, said: “The abuse of AI-Imagery represents a global concern and this Joint Statement underscores the commitment of data-protection authorities to work together to address it. We are privileged to have had the opportunity to coordinate this important initiative alongside international partners”.
Paul Vane, Jersey Information Commissioner, said: “AI tools that can generate or alter images and video are advancing rapidly. When used responsibly they hold tremendous promise. But as recent reporting makes clear, they are already being used to harm real people. It is too easy to hide behind a veil of ‘it’ll never happen to us’ and we owe it to our community, and especially our young people, to educate not just how to use AI, but how to use it ethically and safely.”
