{"id":174126,"date":"2026-01-02T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/two-proposed-bills-cover-ai-and-deep-fake-pornography\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T18:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:30:11","slug":"two-proposed-bills-cover-ai-and-deep-fake-pornography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/two-proposed-bills-cover-ai-and-deep-fake-pornography\/","title":{"rendered":"Two proposed bills cover AI and deep fake pornography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/politics\/two-proposed-bills-cover-ai-and-deep-fake-porn-craig-haggard-maureen-bauer\/531-abed5174-4cb3-4dd6-a739-bf3221610c11\">Two proposed bills cover AI and deep fake pornography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/politics\/two-proposed-bills-cover-ai-and-deep-fake-porn-craig-haggard-maureen-bauer\/531-abed5174-4cb3-4dd6-a739-bf3221610c11\">https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/politics\/two-proposed-bills-cover-ai-and-deep-fake-porn-craig-haggard-maureen-bauer\/531-abed5174-4cb3-4dd6-a739-bf3221610c11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-02 18:09:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wthr.com\">www.wthr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State lawmakers in Indiana are returning to the Statehouse and among their priorities is addressing the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep fakes.<\/li>\n<li>At least two bills related to AI and pornographic images are being proposed, including Rep. Craig Haggard\u2019s bill inspired by his wife\u2019s experience with a deep fake AI video, and Rep. Maureen Bauer\u2019s HB 1182.<\/li>\n<li>Both bills aim to create new penalties and offenses related to the creation, possession, and distribution of AI-generated non-consensual intimate images or deep fakes.<\/li>\n<li>Haggard&#8217;s bill aligns penalties for AI porn with existing federal law, including up to three years in prison and fines.<\/li>\n<li>Bauer&#8217;s HB 1182 aims to establish clear accountability at the point of image creation, not just distribution and addresses what she described as a \u201cgrowing form of abuse.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Both lawmakers emphasize the need for Indiana laws to keep pace with technological advancements to protect individuals from digital exploitation.<\/li>\n<li>While recognizing the good in AI, these legislative efforts highlight the urgent need to tackle the harmful misuse of technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two proposed bills cover AI and deep fake pornography https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/politics\/two-proposed-bills-cover-ai-and-deep-fake-porn-craig-haggard-maureen-bauer\/531-abed5174-4cb3-4dd6-a739-bf3221610c11 Publish Date: 2026-01-02 18:09:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.tegna-media.com\/assets\/WTHR\/images\/8940564a-83ff-462b-b439-4514355aeb0e\/8940564a-83ff-462b-b439-4514355aeb0e_1140x641.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-174126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174128,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174126\/revisions\/174128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}