Speech without a speaker: Constitutional coverage for generative AI output?

Marco Bassini

doi:10.1017/S1574019625100771

Speech without a speaker: Constitutional coverage for generative AI output?

Marco Bassini

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Generative AI systems’ output as speech – Constitutional coverage for AI speech in the absence of a (human) speaker – Right of individuals to receive information as a perspective for framing constitutional coverage of generative AI output – Implications of constitutional coverage for content policing and content moderation by private platforms – Trends in the interpretation of existing content moderation regimes and their applicability to generative AI systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-37
Number of pages	37
Journal	European Constitutional Law Review
Early online date	31 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1574019625100771
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 31 Jul 2025

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Content Moderation for Generative AI Outputs in the EU: Lessons from the US?
Bassini, M. (Speaker)
22 May 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Scientific
The AI-generated content moderation dilemma: comparative perspectives on the AI Act, the Digital Services Act, and the Communications Decency Act
Bassini, M. (Speaker)
7 May 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Generative AI and fundamental rights enforcement: does a right to make AI forget illegal output exist?,
Bassini, M. (Invited speaker)
11 Sept 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific

RetrAIn – Enforcing constitutional rights in the age of generative Artificial Intelligence
Bassini, M. (Principal Investigator) & Figueiredo Peluso Lopes, G. (Researcher)
1/07/24 → 30/06/27
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