Many states previously had laws banning this type of abuse, but this is the first federal law.AI tools for making deepfake pornography have grown in recent years. Elon Musk’s Grok AI tool was recently found to be able to generate images of fake pornography when a user asked to “remove her clothes” on various posts.

House Republicans surprised tech industry watchers and outraged many state governments when they added a clause to Republicans’ signature “big, beautiful” tax bill that bans states and localities from