Minnesota lawmakers are looking to ban AI nudification tech, which can be used to manipulate photos into fake pornography. FOX 9's Corin Hoggard has the latest.

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Minnesota lawmakers are close to passing a bipartisan ban on AI nudification technology, which has been used to create fake nude images from innocent social media photos. Victims, including over 80 women in Minnesota, have reported significant emotional distress, and the technology is becoming increasingly accessible and realistic.

The proposed legislation would allow victims to sue and impose fines on app developers, while making exceptions for legitimate uses such as art and photo editing. The bill, which has already passed the state Senate, is headed for a vote in the House following adjustments to address First Amendment concerns.

AI nudification tech could soon be banned in MN

Dozens of Minnesotans have had their innocent social media photos turned into pornography that could haunt them for the rest of their lives. Minnesota lawmakers call it nudification, and they're getting close to a bipartisan ban on that technology. Fox 9's Corin Haugard is live at the Capitol for us tonight, and Corin, the solution here could be as simple as flipping a switch. Yeah, Randy, lawmakers tell me it can be just that easy, and yet there are a lot of apps out there that are still nudifying men, women, and children. On a laptop filled with images of naked women, Megan Hurley saw a realistic photo like none she's ever taken. This looked indistinguishable. It looks like I was fully nude in a bathtub. Hurley and about 80 other women found out a guy who was supposed to be a friend had used AI to nudify their innocuous photos. It's like a shadow version of yourself out there doing things that never happened. We wanted to demonstrate how the technology can work, so we grabbed one of my photos from Facebook, gave simple instructions to some free AI apps, and came up with this photo and this video. Okay, check this out. Perfect. That's not my voice, and it's not my six pack either, but it took less than a minute for a convincing fake. There's no special skill required besides clicking. And some apps will let you make photos and videos that are a lot more graphic. It was so much worse than my imagination had come up with. Discovering her nudified photos made Jessica Gusteliz physically ill. It took weeks for her to feel okay in a social or work setting again, and it's still on her mind two years later every time she speaks publicly. It doesn't help to know the creator was never held accountable, and the technology is only getting better and easier to access. This is widely available to happen to anyone. Anyone is a potential victim, and then it does follow you for the rest of your life. Last year, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill to ban nudification, potentially fining the apps generating the content and letting the victim sue. It's headed for a vote in the House after some slight changes to protect potentially legitimate uses on apps like Photoshop. We want to make sure we're adjusting, obviously, for technical skill that can be added and respect art and the First Amendment. It's the instantaneous, without human involvement, that should be banned. And if seeing it happen to more than 80 women in Minnesota isn't convincing enough, they point to dozens of schoolgirls in Pennsylvania and infants sexualized by grok. The consequences are so devastating that we're saying that this technology should not be accessible to any Minnesotan at all. This is a slam dunk issue. Who wants this? That House vote could come any time after they get back next week, possibly as soon as next week. Live at the Capitol, Corin Hawkert, Fox 9.

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