Senate Passes AI Deepfake Bill, as Congress Considers AI Legislation — AI: The Washington Report

On February 12, the Senate unanimously passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery. The bill is now in the House, where it has bipartisan support and is expected to pass.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act is one of the 13 bills that have been introduced so far in the 119th Congress. The 13 bills, six of which are bipartisan, touch on several facets of the AI ecosystem, including bans on certain AI harms, restrictions on AI imports and exports to China, and the promotion of AI in government.
While only the TAKE IT DOWN Act has advanced in Congress, all 13 AI bills provide a first glimpse of the types of AI legislation the new Congress may consider. Rather than creating substantive and sweeping regulations applicable to AI – as bipartisan working groups in the House and Senate called for last Congress – the bills introduced so far target specific AI-related harms and largely leave AI in the private sector alone.