Victims of A.I. deepfake pornography Elliston Berry and Francesca Mani speak out about how they were victims of fake images circulated online and how this impacted their personal lives, including at school. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Sunday to help protect minors from harmful sexual imagery of children created through the misuse of artificial intelligence tools. Supporters of the bills say that current law does not allow district attorneys to prosecute those who possess or distribute AI-generated child sexual abuse images if they cannot prove the materials are depicting a real person. Under the new laws, such an offense would qualify as a felony. Last month, Newsom signed legislation regulating AI-generated "deepfake" election content and requiring the removal of "deceptive content" from social media.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill Friday making it a crime to farm octopuses for human consumption in California. The new law makes it illegal to raise and breed octopuses in state waters or in aquaculture tanks based on land within the state. It also prevents business owners and operators from knowingly participating in the sale of an octopus -- regardless of its provenance -- that has been raised to be eaten by people. The text of the law recognizes that octopuses are "highly intelligent, curious, problem-solving animals" that are conscious, sentient and experience "pain, stress, and fear, as well as pleasure, equanimity, and social bonds." It goes on to note that in research studies, these eight-legged marine invertebrates have demonstrated long-term memory as well as the ability to recognize individual people.