A bill that would let victims of AI-generated sexual imagery sue the people who create it has cleared the Senate, drawn a celebrity champion and won nearly 60 co-sponsors across both parties, and it is going nowhere, for a reason that has little to do with its contents.
Republican leaders in the House are keeping the DEFIANCE Act off the floor rather than hand Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a signature legislative win, according to people close to the effort, leaving a measure with rare bipartisan backing stranded weeks before the August recess.
