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The swift advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have introduced new opportunities for criminal activity. If a prosecutor in Louisiana charges you with an AI-related crime in the Metairie or New Orleans area, you must contact a Metairie AI crimes lawyer immediately.
You could be wrongly accused or framed for a crime involving Artificial Intelligence. You could even face an AI crime charge because of a mistake or a misunderstanding. But to convict you for an AI-related charge, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you are guilty.
Louisiana is actively grappling with how to address AI crimes. While this state’s existing laws provide the basics for dealing with crimes like fraud, embezzlement, and extortion, the Louisiana State Legislature has also enacted specific laws targeting emerging AI-enabled crimes.
What Crimes May Involve Artificial Intelligence?
AI technology is evolving rapidly, making new kinds of crime possible and transforming old crimes. Text-generating tools, realistic AI-generated image creation, and voice cloning are the AI tools bad actors are using in criminal activities ranging from fraud to child exploitation.
Artificial Intelligence accelerates and augments existing criminal activities by providing tools for deception, automation, and exploiting human vulnerabilities. Criminals most frequently use Artificial Intelligence in the following ways:
- to create “deepfakes” for committing fraud or blackmail
- to create cyberattacks that shut down, disrupt, or destroy computer systems
- to create phishing attacks and deceive victims into divulging personal information
- to steal intellectual properties
What Are Deepfakes? How Do Criminals Use Them?
Louisiana lawmakers have directly addressed one of the most harmful products of generative AI: deepfakes. The state enacted a law in 2024 (Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:73.14) that criminalizes the non-consensual creation and use of deepfakes.
Deepfakes are AI-generated, realistic images, videos, or audio that can persuasively impersonate a real person. Criminals can now weaponize deepfake technology to commit extortion and fraud. Deepfake faces and voices appear real. Criminals are victimizing many of us with AI technology.
Since 2024, it is illegal in this state for anyone to harass, intimidate, or maliciously distribute or sell any video or still image created by Artificial Intelligence that shows another person totally nude or in a state of undress that exposes the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast.
What Else Does the Law Provide?
Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:73.14 places the burden on the prosecution to prove the criminal motive behind the creation or distribution of AI content. A violation of the law is a misdemeanor.
A conviction is punishable with up to six months in jail and/or a fine of up to $750.
Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:73.14 also shields online platforms from criminal liability for the actions of their users, aligning with federal laws such as the Communications Decency Act.
If the police place you under arrest for a violation of Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:73.14, be polite and cooperative, but do not answer any of their questions. Insist politely on your right to speak with your Metairie AI crimes attorney, but otherwise exercise your right to remain silent.
AI and Existing Cybercrime Laws
Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:73.14 is a response to the recent advances in AI capabilities. Other AI crimes may violate Louisiana’s already-established computer crime laws. Criminals use AI to commit crimes such as fraud, extortion, embezzlement, cyberstalking, and computer tampering.
Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:73.5 criminalizes the use of any computer, system, or network to defraud or obtain money, services, or property through fraudulent or false practices, conduct, or representations, or through the fraudulent alteration, deletion, or addition of programs or data.
Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:70.4 prohibits the intentional, unauthorized damage, alteration, or destruction of any computer software, program, or data. Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:73.2 prohibits any deliberate and unauthorized access to computers or computer networks.
What Other Crimes May Be AI-Related?
AI is enhancing the ability of criminals to impersonate someone online or “cyberstalk” another person. Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:73.10 criminalizes the impersonation of another person online when the intent is to harm, intimidate, threaten, or defraud that (or any other) person.
Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:40.3, this state’s cyberstalking law, criminalizes repeated electronic communication to threaten, terrify, or harass. AI Large Language Models (LLMs) can rapidly create and send intimidating messages, making cyberstalking even more malicious.
There is also the risk that an Artificial Intelligence-generated piece of writing, music, or video could be too much like a copyrighted original, prompting claims of copyright infringement and intellectual property theft.
How Will Your Lawyer Help?
The challenge for a Louisiana prosecutor in an AI criminal case is proving a defendant’s intent. Artificial Intelligence systems make connections between a human operator’s initial input and the AI’s output tenuous. A prosecutor must prove that a human operator intended a criminal result.
If you face charges for violating any of these Louisiana laws, your Metairie AI crimes lawyer will immediately begin investigating the case. Your lawyer will negotiate on your behalf, seek to have the charge against you dismissed or reduced, and ensure that the court treats you fairly.
If your criminal AI case goes to trial, your Metairie AI crimes attorney will:
- cast doubt on the state’s evidence
- aggressively cross-examine the state’s witnesses
- explain to the jury what actually happened and why the jurors should find you not guilty
Let The Bradley Law Firm Represent You
Now or in the future, if you face an Artificial Intelligence-related criminal charge, you must choose an experienced Louisiana AI crimes lawyer who will defend you vigorously and bring your AI-related case to its best possible resolution. Choose The Bradley Law Firm.
If you are facing an AI-related criminal prosecution, a criminal defense attorney at The Bradley Law Firm will represent you. Louisiana criminal defense lawyer Jarred Bradley and his team of legal professionals have built a reputation for legal excellence and outstanding client service. To learn more about AI-related crimes in Louisiana and how we can protect your rights, get in touch.
If you face charges for an AI-related crime in or near Metairie or New Orleans, schedule a complimentary consultation promptly and call The Bradley Law Firm at 504-336-1717. We also defend those charged with drug crimes, theft crimes, and other felonies and misdemeanors.
