Dear Chairman Flores and committee members, My name is Zach Whiting, and I am a policy director at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of SB 20. Below is an excerpt from our comprehensive research paper speaking specifically to the threats posed by AI in creating sexually explicit deepfakes of children.
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A New Sheriff on the AI Frontier: My Experience with HB 149
On the new artificial intelligence (AI) frontier, Texas is doing what it does best: leading from the front. When House Bill 149—the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act—was introduced, it felt like an overdue reckoning. I have spent years as a litigation attorney at leading law firms working, publishing, and presenting on the intersection of...
August 26, 2025