That hasn't done anything to stop scamming, so why would it apply to AI? People located outside of areas with these laws won't have to follow them, and this re

That hasn't done anything to stop scamming, so why would it apply to AI? People located outside of areas with these laws won't have to follow them, and this reduces building a immune system to such actions, making people more likely to fall for it when done by those not bound by the laws. In a real like political misinformation, this will have the effect of making people trust non-watermarked images more, which will then be used by foreign actors to pass off propaganda as legitimate. Also, if you don't hold people responsible for spreading an image they know is fake, bad actors can take advantage of this even within the US (they purposefully spread a image they have reason to think is fake but lacking a watermark), but holding people responsible for a strict liability crime for spreading AI without knowing it is AI seems an even worse route. I'm not sure a law even makes the issue better in a 'don't let perfect be the enemy of good' sort of way.