Texas targets AI pornography with new age verification bill, expanding rules for platforms like Pornhub

No Hentai, Please: Japan Prosecutes AI Porn Prompters - Future of Sex

Four run afoul of the country’s strict anti-adult content laws In a fascinating intersection between the do-it-yourself, AI-generated explicit materials boom and their country’s staunch ban on anything depicting realistic genitalia, last month, four Japanese citizens were arrested not for creating erotic imagery but for failing to specify the results of their “spread leg” prompts should be obscured. Soranews24 reports this is a national first as…

Deepfake technology and AI in pornography target children for abuse, coercion, extortion, trauma - Behind the Badge

“An offender can take a picture of your child from a soccer game and convert it into a child (pornographic) video.” — Corrine St. Thomas Stowers, former Supervising Intelligence Analyst The term “deepfake” was coined in 2017 by an internet user who helped spark a particularly onerous development in virtual technology. By using open-source images of celebrities and inserting them into explicit images and video, a new and lucrative industry was la…

The latest news about the United States. Texas has taken a further step towards the regulation of pornography generated by AI by pushing for House Bill 581, which would force verification of the age of platforms that offer synthetic sexual content considered harmful to minors. After passing in the House with strong bipartisan support, the bill is now passed to the Senate, where legislators are expected to engage in further debates and ultimately…

Texas targets AI pornography with new age verification bill, expanding rules for platforms like Pornhub

The latest news on the United States. Texas has taken another step toward regulating AI-generated pornography by advancing House Bill 581, which would mandate age verification for platforms offering synthetic sexual content deemed harmful to minors. After passing the House with strong bipartisan backing, the bill now moves to the Senate, where lawmakers are expected to engage in further discussions, and ultimately determine whether the measure …