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Ingham County Bar Association ICBA Briefs, Issue 25-26 #3 

Michigan’s Protection from Intimate Deep Fakes Act and Federal TAKE IT DOWN Act

Exploding onto the scene in November of 2022, generative artificial intelligence programs (“AI”) (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Midjourney, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and many others) have gained widespread adoption in personal and professional settings alike. Concerningly, the proliferation of these sophisticated AI tools has created a new and insidious form of personal violation: the nonconsensual creation and dissemination of sexually explicit “Deep Fakes.”

In response to the rising proliferation of Deep Fakes, the State of Michigan has moved in a bipartisan manner to address the issue by enacting Public Act 11 of 2025, titled the Protection from Intimate Deep Fakes Act (the “Act”). This landmark AI legislation establishes a framework of civil remedies and criminal penalties designed to hold perpetrators accountable and provide recourse for victims.

​Issue 25-26 #3 of The Ingham County Bar Association's newsletter, BRIEFS, features an article by Lindsey Mead and Alex Rusek on the Intimate Deep Fakes Act and the Federal TAKE IT DOWN Act. You can read the article here.

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