Creating deepfakes with malicious intent will soon be a crime in Pennsylvania

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, …

Pennsylvania's House passed a bill to bar AI deepfakes in election campaigns. Will it be enough to keep voters from getting fooled?

Jul. 14—Pennsylvania's House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill regulating the use of artificial intelligence "deepfakes" in election campaigns, joining the growing list of states trying to put guardrails on the technology and how it's used.