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New Senate bill would provide path for victims of nonconsensual AI deepfakes


The legislation would criminalize the spread of sexualized AI-generated images.

Senate majority whip Dick Durbin explained in a press release that the bill's quick introduction was spurred explicitly by the viral images of Swift, and the White House's demand for accountability. In a statement from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Jan. 26, the Biden administration expressed its desire for Congress to address deepfake proliferation amid weak enforcement from social media platforms. Mashable's Meera Navlakha has reported on a worsening social media landscape that's disregarded advocates' ongoing demands for protection and accountability, writing, "The alarming reality is that AI-generated images are becoming more pervasive, and presenting new dangers to those they depict.

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