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Deepfakes
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Law Enforcement Is Racing to Stop the Spread of AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Images

The Justice Department says existing federal laws clearly apply to such content, and recently brought what’s believed to be the first federal case involving purely AI-generated imagery.

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California's Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 1, 2019.

California Laws Cracking Down on Election Deepfakes by AI Face Legal Challenges

Critics such as free speech advocates and Elon Musk called the new California law unconstitutional and an infringement on the First Amendment.

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How Lawmakers Are Addressing Deepfakes Like the Ones That Victimized Taylor Swift

State lawmakers across the U.S. have been searching for ways to quash such nonconsensual deepfake images of both adults and children.

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Teen Girls Are Being Victimized by Deepfake Nudes. This Family Is Pushing for Protections

The disturbing cases have put a spotlight yet again on explicit AI-generated material that overwhelmingly harms women and children and is booming online.

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Official photo of Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

Lawmakers Question Meta and X on Rules Against AI-Generated Political Deepfakes

Two Democratic members of Congress sent a letter Thursday to CEOs of Meta and X expressing “serious concerns” about the emergence of AI-generated political ads on their platforms.

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