California introduces legislation to stop political and porn deepfakes

Deepfake videos have the potential to do unprecedented amounts of harm so California has introduced two bills designed to limit them. For those unaware, deepfakes use machine learning technology in order to make a person appear like they're convincingly doing or saying things which they're not. Many celebrities have become victims of deepfake porn. One of the bills signed into law by the state of California last week allows victims to sue anyone who puts their image into a pornographic video without consent. Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg became the victim of a deepfake.