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AI voice calls and TCPA: the $500–1,500-per-call problem.

The FCC's February 2024 ruling confirmed that AI-generated and cloned voices count as "artificial or prerecorded voice" calls under the TCPA — which means they need prior express written consent to reach a cell phone or residential line. The damages are per call, and they stack fast. Plug in your numbers to see the order of magnitude, then the controls that bring it to near zero.

AI voice calls placed per month
Calls using an AI/synthetic or cloned voice, to US numbers.
Share to cell or residential lines
TCPA's artificial-voice consent rule applies to these. 80%
Consent posture for those calls
"Prior express written consent" is the standard for marketing artificial-voice calls.
Are the calls marketing/solicitation?
Marketing calls carry the strictest consent standard.
Illustrative annual exposure
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Enter your numbers to estimate.
Potentially non-compliant calls / yr—
At $500 / call (statutory)—
At $1,500 / call (willful)—

What closes the exposure

  • Capture prior express written consent before any AI-voice marketing call, with clear AI disclosure in the consent language.
  • Disclose at the start of the call that the caller is an artificial/AI voice.
  • Honor opt-outs and maintain a do-not-call process and records.
  • Keep auditable consent records per number — this is also exactly what an enterprise buyer's security team will ask for.
  • Scrub against reassigned-number and DNC databases.

Turn these controls into a signed attestation →

Why this is the cleanest deal-unblock wedge

TCPA exposure has three properties that make it different from vague "AI risk": it's dated (the FCC ruling is from February 2024), it's quantified (statutory damages are fixed per call, no need to prove harm), and it's exactly what a buyer's security and legal team screens for when an AI-calling vendor shows up in procurement. That combination is why a stalled enterprise deal over AI voice is often resolved not by a new audit but by a documented consent program and a signed attorney attestation the buyer can rely on.

This calculator is a rough, illustrative model for orientation only — not legal advice, not an estimate of actual liability, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Real exposure depends on consent specifics, call content, class-certification questions, and defenses. Numbers here are intentionally simple. Get an actual assessment before relying on any figure.

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