President Trump signs the Take It Down Act, criminalizing sexual deepfakes at a federal level in the US.
The deepfake porn site Mr. Deepfakes went offline, with over five million monthly visits, after a critical service provider withdrawal.
CivitAI's attempt to regulate NSFW AI content failed to satisfy payment processors, leading to a payment crisis.
CivitAI users face payment hurdles as VISA and Mastercard halt card payments due to NSFW content issues.
CivitAI struggles to find alternative payment providers comfortable with AI innovation amidst the payment processor cutoff.
President Trump's Federal TAKE IT DOWN Act aims to tackle non-consensual intimate imagery distribution, including AI-generated deepfakes.
The new law requires platforms to remove flagged content within 48 hours, raising concerns about privacy and legitimate content suppression.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act may not cover all AI-generated celebrity content, depending on the reasonable expectation of privacy.
State-level deepfake legislation varies, with California and Tennessee having laws targeting celebrities' identity use and safeguarding musicians from unauthorized AI reproductions.
The evolving legal landscape around deepfakes and the impact of federal and state laws on AI-generated content remains a complex and evolving issue.