Texas lawmakers address AI-generated child porn threats in new bill

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Children are already being bullied online when someone they trusted threatens to share an embarrassing photo. Now, the bullies are using artificial intelligence

to create these images from innocent snapshots. A panel of Texas lawmakers will be looking at this threat Thursday.recently testified

We all now know what "deepfakes" are thanks to amusing computer-generated videos of celebrities going viral. But that stuff is tame compared to deepfakes of what appear to be actual children in embarrassing or sexual situations. “That’s what House Bill 2700 does,” says Rep. Plesa, “It closes those loopholes that popped up in the advancement of technology."

 

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