Governance and control

California targets sexual deepfakes and requires AI disclosures

California signed laws expanding remedies for nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes and requiring large generative-AI providers to offer detection tools, provenance disclosures, and embedded content information.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM40confidence 99/100

Why it moved the index

The package combined victim remedies with provider-side provenance and detection duties, directly addressing scaled synthetic-media abuse while leaving real-world enforcement and watermark robustness as limitations.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 40 · confidence 99

    New September 2024 synthetic-media governance event distinct from the election and performer statutes.

    12 Aug 2026