The Minnesota Senate is considering a bill that would prohibit the use of “nudification” technology.
The Minnesota Senate plans an invoice This would prohibit the use of “nudification” technology.
This is exactly what it looks like: AI technology that can change an image of someone and make them look naked or even worse.
“They will take a photo or video of someone who is dressed and will make them naked. Nudify them. Show them without clothes or engaged in sexual acts, “said the main author of the bill Wednesday, Senator Erin Maye Quade, DFL-APPLE Valley.
The invoice requires a penalty of $ 500,000 for each illegal access or download of these modified images.
The Senate Judicial and Public Security Committee has heard the testimony of people warning the broad availability and the ease of use of technology.
Sandi Johnson, principal lawyer in legislative policy of the National Rape, Abuse and Incest Network (Rainn), said that a “Nudification” website announces the possibility of “undressing any girl you want”.
“These websites use a product design that benefits from harmful victims. Massively, the people of these photos do not consent to the manipulation of their image, ”said Johnson. “… This bill will hold the websites responsible for their product design, and we urge you to adopt this bill.”
Victim of technology, Megan Hurley, said that someone she knew had made an explicit image of her using a photo she published on a private Facebook page, adding that the attacker had done the same With around 80 other women.
“It has created irreversible damage to me and these other women, and I cannot overestimate the damage that this technology has caused. It opened me to be raped in this way, “said Hurley.
The Senate Judicial and Public Security Committee examined the bill on Wednesday but did not take a vote to move it forward.
The measure could be included in a greater public security bill.