Deepfake porn, election misinfo would be crime under Minnesota bill

ST. PAUL — These days the internet is rife with “deepfakes,” artificial intelligence-generated video and sound, often of well-known people doing and saying things they’ve never done.

The technology has been around for a while, but in the past year it has proliferated on a scale never seen before. While many of these fakes are seemingly harmless, like ex-presidents trading vulgar barbs on Joe Rogan’s podcast, there have also been fake sexual videos of people who never consented to their images being used that way. Policymakers are also concerned that fake videos could be used to spread false information that could influence elections.

States such as California and Texas have already introduced new laws regulating the use of AI-generated fakes, and some Minnesota lawmakers are hoping to do the same.

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