In Mississippi, a former teacher was accused last year of using artificial intelligence to create hyperrealistic videos depicting some of his students performing sexual acts.
As artificial intelligence proliferates, such cases are driving states to enact laws regulating and protecting people from its use.
Mississippi currently has two laws dealing with AI, and three more are being proposed. One current law criminalizes creating political deepfakes meant to damage a candidate. The other classifies AI-generated images of children performing sexual acts as child exploitation.
Those being proposed include Senate Bill 2050, authored by Sen. Bradford Blackmon, a Democrat from Canton. This measure would mandate political advertisements disclose if AI was used. Another is House Bill 1723, authored by Rep. Jill Ford, a Republican from Madison. It would create a state definition of AI.
But, SB2046 would likely impact everyday Mississippians the most.
Known as the Mississippians’ Right to Name, Likeness and Voice Act, the bill, also authored by Blackmon, would give Mississippians the right to their image, name and voice and would create civil liabilities for unauthorized use. The bill passed the Senate on Feb. 11 and has been referred to the House Judiciary A Committee.
While proposals have been made at the federal level to grant Americans rights and protections against AI, none have become law. In the absence of federal legislation, a growing number of states have enacted laws giving people protections against their identity being used to generate AI content.
“Senate Bill 2046 reflects a broader national movement toward regulating AI-enabled impersonation, particularly realistic voice cloning and digital replicas,” said Oliver Roberts, who teaches a Mississippi College School of Law course on AI. He is also an adjunct professor at Washington University in St. Louis and co-director of its Law AI Collaborative.
While SB 2046 is modeled heavily after California Assembly Bill No. 2602, other states have also passed similar legislation, including Tennessee, New York, Kentucky and Louisiana.
Roberts said what makes the Mississippi bill distinct is that “it treats a person’s name, likeness, and voice as a form of transferable intellectual property and builds a damages framework around unauthorized digital use.”
Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote the AI industry’s growth and prevent state laws from impeding innovation with regulations. However, Roberts thinks that despite tension between states and the federal government around regulating AI, SB 2046 in Mississippi would be an unlikely target for federal intervention.
“Bills like SB 2046 could be challenged based on federal preemption, but it is less likely because these types of bills are not regulating the foundational AI models themselves,” Roberts said.
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