Tag: AI
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Under the Influence of AI – An Old -School look at a new Social Ailment
We tend to think of impairment in chemical terms — the slurred speech at the end of a long night, the fog of a heavy prescription. There’s a newer, quieter intoxication taking root in our homes, our offices, and our city halls. It doesn’t come in a bottle. It comes through a blinking cursor. It…
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AI Deepfakes and How They Are Infecting South Dakota’s 2026 Election Cycle
South Dakota law prohibits the distribution of AI-generated political video within ninety days of an election unless it carries a specific disclosure stating the content was digitally created or manipulated. With Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial primary two days away, at least one political action committee appears to have distributed exactly that kind of content — without…
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A South Dakota Digital Loophole Closed: How SB 41 Arms Law Enforcement to Take Down Creators & Distributors of AI Deepfakes
Pierre SD – When hyper-realistic, explicit deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift flooded the internet, it brought federal outrage to the deepfake crisis. But pop stars aren’t the reason South Dakota is finally rewriting its criminal code. While the cameras were focused on Hollywood, the actual casualties were piling up in local high schools and…