Taylor Swift faces explicit AI images, repeat stalker
Taylor Swift fans are coming to her defense on social media in the face of explicit AI-generated photos and a repeat stalker.
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New legislation will soon make it a crime in California to distribute AI-generated sexually explicit images that depict another person without consent.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills into law last week aimed at reigning in malicious use of AI.
“Nobody should be threatened by someone on the internet who could deepfake them, especially in sexually explicit ways,” Newsom said upon signing the legislation on Thursday “We’re in an era where digital tools like AI have immense capabilities, but they can also be abused against other people. We’re stepping up to protect Californians.”
What does the new law do?
SB 926 criminalizes AI-generated sexually explicit intended to cause emotional distress through, according to the governor’s office. SB 926 mandates that social media platforms provide a reporting mechanism for people who are depicted in such images and videos without their consent and remove the deepfakes from their platforms.
Both laws were authored by state Sen. Aishia Wahab, D-Hayward, and will take effect on Jan. 1, officials said.
“Victims of digital sexual assault are forever traumatized by their perpetrators through damaged reputations that lead to a lack of workplace promotions, mental health deterioration, shame, and isolation,” she said. “SB 926 gives these victims — who are predominantly women — and law enforcement the tools they need to ensure perpetrators are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
SB 942 by Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, will require that software tools used to create AI images include a disclosure within the content they create that informs users the content was created using AI. The disclosures don’t need to be readily visible to humans, but must be detectable through free tools offered alongside the AI-generation system.
“Going forward it’s crucial that individuals know if content was created by AI or not,” Becker said. “By signing this bill, Governor Newsom is providing Californians with essential tools to navigate the evolving digital landscape and solidifying our position as a leader in enacting sensible AI regulations that protect consumers without stifling innovation.”
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, who sponsored SB 926 and SB 981, applauded their signing into law.
“This change in law was urgently needed to close a serious loophole in California revenge porn law, which meant victims had no recourse and law enforcement had no tools to combat the nonconsensual distribution of sexually explicit deepfakes,” he said. “Sexually explicit deepfakes, the vast majority of which target women, can cause lasting trauma and distress.”
“Sexually explicit deepfakes are a growing threat to adults and teens on social media,” Gascón added. “These images and videos can cause severe trauma, lost educational and job opportunities, and even lead to suicide. This new law empowers victims to take action and requires social media platforms to remove this deeply harmful content.”
Taylor Swift and schoolkids
Victims of AI-generated sexually explicit content have ranged from celebrities, such as Taylor Swift, to middle school students.
The world-renowned singer was the target of such harassment in January, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
“Those AI-generated pictures gained over 45 million views, along with hundreds of thousands of likes, bookmarks, and reposts over a 17-hour period before they were taken down,” according to a statement from NSVRC.
Five students at a Beverly Hills middle school were expelled in March after allegedly circulating AI-generated nude photos of 16 classmates, CBS reported at the time.
“The everyday person doesn’t have the celebrity to have the internet scrubbed of digitized sexually explicit media in less than 24 hours,” Wahab said. “The digital divide is as much about power on the internet as it is about access to it, and SB 981 will rebalance that power by requiring platforms to be more proactive when they receive reports of sexually explicit digital identity theft.”
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