"Deepfakes are a known issue online, but without the proper protections, easy access to AI-powered image and video generation tools has made it possible for anyone to create compromising content using another person's likeness. This has become a particular problem on X, where the integration of Grok, the AI assistant created by X's parent company xAI, makes it possible for anyone to turn the content of another person's post into an image-generating prompt."
"The DEFIANCE Act won't prevent Grok or other AI tools from generating nonconsensual deepfakes, but it would make creating or hosting that content potentially very expensive for anyone on the receiving end of a lawsuit. The Senate passed an earlier version of the DEFIANCE Act in 2024, but it stalled in the House. Given the urgency of Grok's deepfake problem, the hope is this new version of the bill won't see the same resistance."
The Senate passed the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act with unanimous consent, enabling subjects of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes to bring civil suits against creators and hosts. Easy access to AI-powered image and video generation tools has made it possible to produce compromising content using another person's likeness. Integration of Grok on X has allowed users to convert posts into image-generation prompts, enabling the creation of sexually explicit images of children by simple replies. Ofcom has opened an investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, and Grok has been blocked in Malaysia and Indonesia. The DEFIANCE Act raises legal and financial risk for creators and hosts, though it does not stop generation itself; an earlier DEFIANCE version passed the Senate in 2024 but stalled in the House, while the Take It Down Act targeted hosting companies.
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