In the near future, I will introduce legislation to ban nudification applications from being made available in Pennsylvania, including through online application marketplaces.

Artificial intelligence has created extraordinary opportunities, but it has also created new and devastating tools for abuse. Among the most disturbing are so-called “nudify” applications, which allow a person to take an ordinary image of another individual and, with the push of a button, generate a fake nude or sexually explicit image of that person.

These applications are not harmless. They are not entertainment. They are tools of humiliation, exploitation, harassment and abuse. For children and young people, the damage can be especially severe. A single image can be created in seconds, shared widely in minutes and cause harm that lasts a lifetime.

I have heard loud and clear from constituents in my district and across the Commonwealth, from parents, and from brave young victims who have had to live with the consequences of this technology.

Their message is clear: these applications have no legitimate purpose and should not be made available in Pennsylvania.

Through the bipartisan and bicameral work that secured passage of Act 125 of 2024 and Act 35 of 2025, Pennsylvania has already taken important steps to confront the malicious use of artificial intelligence, and we continue to make progress through measures such as Senate Bill 1050 (Protecting Our Children in the Digital Age),  Senate Bill 1090 (Protecting Children from Harmful AI Chat Interactions) and SR 244 (Task Force on Child Protection in the Digital Age). Each of these efforts reflects a simple principle: technology should not be used as a weapon against children, victims or vulnerable individuals.

This legislation builds on that work by prohibiting nudification applications from being operated or made available in this Commonwealth and would prevent them from being offered, distributed, downloaded, purchased or accessed through online application marketplaces.

Parents should not have to wonder whether an app store is making abuse available to their children. Young people should not have to fear that an ordinary photo can be turned into a weapon. And victims should not be told that the law can only respond after the damage has already been done.

Please join me in cosponsoring this important legislation to protect children, support victims and continue Pennsylvania’s work to confront the malicious use of artificial intelligence.