Category: Policy Analysis
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Grok’s Deepfake Scandal is a Warning About Where We’re Embedding AI On February 3rd, Reuters dropped a story that should make anyone paying attention stop and stare for a minute: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images — even when told subjects didn’t consent. (Reuters) It’s exactly what it sounds like.…
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Part 5 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 First Amendment, void-for-vagueness, Commerce Clause – pick your poison. This bill violates them all. As highlighted in part 4 of this series, Tennessee’s SB 1493 demonstrably creates enforcement nightmares. It’s also a constitutional minefield that courts will dismantle piece by piece for…
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Part 4 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 Prosecuting “emotional support” means monitoring every conversation. Tennessee can’t afford that infrastructure – or the resulting lawsuits. Tennessee’s SB 1493 does more than criminalize broad categories of AI behavior. It quietly assumes an enforcement apparatus that does not exist, cannot exist at…
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Part 3 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 The debate around Tennessee’s SB 1493 often gets framed in abstractions: philosophy about AI consciousness, moral panic about synthetic relationships, theoretical discussions about technology replacing humans. But laws don’t punish abstractions. They punish people. Real people. People using AI tools to survive…
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Part 2 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 When “knowingly training” AI to be nice becomes a 15-60 year sentence, the bill’s language creates prosecutorial chaos. As discussed in Part 1 of this series, Tennessee’s SB 1493 (companion HB 1455), filed December 18, 2025, by Sen. Becky Massey (R), proposes…
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This is Part 1 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 The Economic Reality Check Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation that would make it a felony to develop AI systems capable of providing emotional support or simulating human interaction. But before dismissing this as a niche issue affecting only a small…