{"id":"us-fcc-tcpa-ai-voice","slug":"fcc-tcpa-ai-voice","url":"https://botnotice.app/laws/fcc-tcpa-ai-voice","jurisdiction":"US-FED","jurisdiction_name":"United States (federal)","name":"TCPA: AI-generated voices are 'artificial or prerecorded' calls","citation":"47 U.S.C. § 227; 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200; FCC Declaratory Ruling, FCC 24-17 (released Feb 8, 2024)","status":"in_force","effective_date":"2024-02-08","applicability_note":null,"summary":"The FCC ruled that calls using AI-generated voices are 'artificial or prerecorded voice' calls under the TCPA. They need the called person's prior express consent unless there is an emergency purpose or an exemption, and the message must identify who is responsible for the call at the start. In 2024 the FCC also proposed an AI disclosure at the start of these calls (FCC 24-84), but the current rule text has none.","who_must_comply":"Anyone placing AI-voice calls to U.S. residential or mobile numbers.","applies_to":[{"code":"voice_agent","label":"AI phone / voice agent"}],"requires_memory_to_trigger":false,"excludes_plain_support_bots":false,"disclosure":{"required":"State clearly who is responsible for the call at the beginning of the message, and give a phone number during or after it. A federal AI-voice notice is proposed, not required. California has its own rule.","timing":"At the beginning of the message.","re_disclose_hours":null,"re_disclose_hours_minors":null,"when_asked":false,"minor_notice":false},"other_duties":["Get prior express consent, in writing for telemarketing.","Place telephone solicitations only between 8am and 9pm at the called person's location.","Offer an automated opt-out in telemarketing messages, and honor a request to revoke consent within a reasonable time, at most ten business days."],"exemptions":["Calls for an emergency purpose.","Calls exempted by the statute or FCC rule."],"penalties":"In private suits, $500 per call or actual loss if greater, up to three times that if willful or knowing, with no cap in the statute. FCC forfeitures are separate.","enforcement":"FCC, state attorneys general, and private plaintiffs.","private_right_of_action":true,"sources":[{"title":"47 U.S.C. § 227 (govinfo)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title47/html/USCODE-2023-title47-chap5-subchapII-partI-sec227.htm"},{"title":"47 C.F.R. § 64.1200","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-64/subpart-L/section-64.1200"},{"title":"FCC 24-17, Declaratory Ruling","url":"https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-24-17A1.pdf"},{"title":"FCC 24-84, proposed rule (Federal Register, Sept 10, 2024)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-10/html/2024-19028.htm"}],"risk_weight":4,"last_verified":"2026-11-02","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataset":"https://botnotice.app/datasets/ai-disclosure-laws","not_legal_advice":true}