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.
Higher Education
AI is Changing Higher Education
The AI boom of the past few years has rendered an inevitable reaction. Technology that is supposedly capable of replacing much of the cognitive tasks of human beings has shaken higher education to its core. The hype enjoyed by this fundamental shift in thinking has remained a fascination of our great minds of the Western...
May 28, 2026