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Ohio Advances AI Bill to Regulate Deepfakes and Protect Images

1/22/2026

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Ohio lawmakers are advancing legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, focusing on deepfakes.
State Rep. Adam Mathews proposed House Bill 185 to protect individuals' images and penalize malicious AI content, hoping it will push safeguards.
The bill would classify creating or distributing harmful deepfakes as a third-degree felony and ban pornographic deepfakes.
Critics, including the Motion Picture Association, say the bill could infringe free speech.

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Ohio lawmakers are advancing legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, focusing on deepfakes.
State Rep. Adam Mathews proposed House Bill 185 to protect individuals' images and penalize malicious AI content, hoping it will push safeguards.
The bill would classify creating or distributing harmful deepfakes as a third-degree felony and ban pornographic deepfakes.
Critics, including the Motion Picture Association, say the bill could infringe free speech.