Makes it illegal to disseminate deepfake pornography -- lifelike visual content that depicts sexual scenes which did not occur in reality, including images of nudity and sexual acts -- in the state of Pennsylvania.
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This is a binding legislative act amending Pennsylvania criminal statutes with explicit criminal penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and mandatory compliance requirements.
The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.1, 4.3) using AI to create harmful content, with strong focus on toxic content exposure (1.2), privacy compromise (2.1), and human-computer interaction harms (5.1). It also touches on AI system capabilities and limitations (7.2, 7.3).
This legislation does not target specific economic sectors but rather regulates individual behavior across all sectors. It applies to any person who creates or disseminates AI-generated sexual content, regardless of their industry or sector of operation.
The document does not focus on specific AI development lifecycle stages but rather regulates the deployment and use of AI-generated content. It primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate stages by criminalizing the dissemination and possession of artificially generated sexual depictions.
The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence as a technical means for creating visual depictions. It does not distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, foundation models, etc.) but focuses on AI's capability to generate realistic visual content. No compute thresholds or model types are specified.
Pennsylvania General Assembly; Representatives R. MACKENZIE, FLICK, KAUFFMAN, KENYATTA, LEADBETER, M. MACKENZIE, PICKETT, SCIALABBA, SHUSTERMAN AND STAATS
The bill was introduced by multiple Pennsylvania state representatives and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary, indicating the Pennsylvania General Assembly as the proposing body.
Attorney General of Pennsylvania; law enforcement officers
The Attorney General is explicitly granted authority to investigate and prosecute violations, and law enforcement officers are referenced as having official duties related to enforcement.
Attorney General of Pennsylvania; law enforcement officers
The Attorney General has investigative authority which implies monitoring responsibilities, and law enforcement officers would monitor compliance as part of their official duties.
Any person who disseminates artificially generated depictions; persons who sell, distribute, deliver, disseminate, transfer, display or exhibit such materials; minors who transmit sexually explicit images
The law targets any person who creates, disseminates, or possesses artificially generated sexual depictions, including both developers/deployers of AI systems used for this purpose and end users who distribute such content.
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