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Content Creators in the Adult Industry Want a Say in AI Rules

A group that includes sex workers, sex tech businesses, and sex educators has demanded a seat at the table to shape AI regulations that they say could lead to discrimination against them.

Those coordinating the campaign say that current discussion strategy risks excluding first-hand perspectives on adult content and overregulating an already-marginalized community. “AI is evolving every day [and] we see new developments at every corner,” said Ana Ornelas, a Berlin-based erotic author and educator who goes by the pseudonym Pimenta Cítrica, and who is one of the leaders of the initiative. But the initiative’s organizers say regulators don’t understand the adult industry, risking censorship, draconian measures, and misunderstandings.

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