Expert analysis

"The abilities of AI is rapidly evolving. Its skillset is far beyond anything we could have imagined a decade ago. With the advancements of AI, people now have the ability to create and design images and videos at their fingertips. But this same power can also be misused to produce content that doesn't actually exist in reality what's known as a deepfake. A deepfake is an image or recording that has been convincingly altered and manipulated to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something"

"It can be nearly impossible for the average viewer to distinguish between these manipulated creations and authentic media. While AI tools have legitimate and creative applications, deepfakes can easily cross into deceptive, harmful, and even criminal territory. Recognizing the dangers of this technology, New York has moved rapidly to update its criminal laws to address deepfakes. Specifically, New York legislation has significantly expanded criminal exposure around deepfakes, especially where intimate images and minors are concerned. These changes materially affect charging decisions,"

AI capabilities now permit easy creation and alteration of images and videos, enabling realistic deepfakes that can convincingly misrepresent people. Deepfakes can be nearly indistinguishable from authentic media and can cause deception, harm, and criminal conduct, particularly involving sexual content or minors. New York expanded criminal liability to expressly criminalize creation and dissemination of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The law was amended to cover images created or altered by digitization and to clarify that an original intimate photo is not required; an AI-created image that reasonably identifies a person falls within statutory protection.

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