Kohls' video that Musk shared seemingly would violate these laws by using AI to make Harris appear to give speeches that she never gave. The manipulated audio sounds like Harris, who appears to be mocking herself as a "diversity hire" and claiming that any critics must be "sexist and racist."

The creator of a viral July post on X that used artificial intelligence to mock Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is suing to block a California law regulating political AI and deepfakes. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed AB 2839 into law in an attempt to keep AI-aided political disinformation out of the election.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Tuesday banning “deepfakes" but X owner Elon Musk quickly reshared an unflattering AI-doctored video of Vice President Kamala Harris.

The state joins dozens of others in regulating the A.I. fakery in ways that could impact this year’s presidential race.

The California Governor signed a set of laws Tuesday to crack down on the use of AI-generated deepfakes in political ads.

A video creator is suing the State of California for a new law labeling the use of "deepfake" artificial intelligence political ads that banned his parody of Vice President Kamala Harris

Hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation banning “deepfake” political ads, which use artificial intelligence to impersonate a candidate and misrepresent the candidate’s views, the laws were challenged by a conservative producer whose videos purport to show Vice President Kamala Harris describing herself as “the ultimate diversity hire.