An Eastern Wisconsin Senator’s bill aimed at protecting residents from a specific kind of AI attack has passed in the Assembly.
Senate Bill 33, penned by Sen. Andre Jacque of New Franken, aims to strengthen and modernize Wisconsin law by making it a felony to create, store, reproduce, or disseminate sexually explicit deep fakes without the consent of the person who is being depicted in “deep fake” pornography.
Current state law prohibits non-consensual creation and dissemination of representations depicting nudity, but does not directly address the unauthorized creation of sexually explicit images known as “deep fakes,” which, for example, use an existing picture of a person’s face to create a new, hyper-realistic pornographic image.
A recent study from the cybersecurity company Deeptrace found that about 96% of “deep fake” material is non-consensual pornography, and “exclusively targets and harms women,” the company reported.
The measure previously passed in the Senate, meaning it is now heading to Governor Tony Evers’ desk for final approval.
