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Deepfakes Are Becoming a Reputational Crisis for Public Figures
PENNSYLVANIA, USA, JUL 14 – Pennsylvania’s new law makes malicious use of AI-generated deepfakes a third-degree felony, aiming to protect vulnerable residents, including nearly 18,500 reported cases of elder financial abuse last year.
- Last week, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro approved legislation—Senate Bill 649—that creates criminal penalties for the malicious use of deepfakes throughout the state.
- This legislation responds to rising financial exploitation via AI-faked digital likenesses, including scams targeting vulnerable populations like older adults.
- The bill passed with near-unanimous support in both chambers and provides law enforcement tools to hold offenders accountable with penalties up to third-degree felonies.
- Senator Tracy Pennycuick emphasized that deepfakes create significant risks due to their realistic but deceptive nature, while Attorney General Dave Sunday highlighted that the new law provides additional resources to help address and investigate digital fraud.
- Pennsylvania’s law strengthens its national leadership in AI regulation as financial institutions and regulators confront increased AI-driven fraud and eroding public trust.
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Pennsylvania Criminalizes Malicious Deepfakes Under New Bipartisan Law - News Facts Network
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Creating deepfakes with malicious intent will soon be a crime in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Capitol (Peter Hall/Capital-Star)Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation to classify deepfakes in Pennsylvania as digital forgeries, making non-consensual digital impersonation punishable by law. Deepfakes are images or videos generated by artificial intelligence, typically for malicious use or to spread misinformation. Now, anyone engaging in digital impersonation will be subject to a misdemeanor of the first degree, …
Deepfakes Deconstructed - Technology Law
Benjamin Sobel, A Real Account of Deep Fakes, available at SSRN (May 16, 2024). Jacob Noti-Victor With the rapid advancement of photorealistic generative AI technology, the problem of sexually explicit deepfakes has grown more urgent than ever. Thanks to widely available AI systems, users can now easily create images that appear to depict real people engaging in sexual acts. Not only have Taylor Swift and other celebrities been targeted, but de…
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