AI Frontier Institute

Artificial general intelligence; create crime for sexual assault against.

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House Bill 1631, the 'Mississippi Artificial General Intelligence Protection Act of 2026,' creates criminal offenses and civil remedies related to sexual conduct involving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) systems. Section 2 defines AGI as an AI system with human-level cognitive capacities including reasoning, creativity, emotion, self-awareness, and autonomous learning, which may be embodied (robotic) or exist as a virtual avatar. Section 3 makes it a crime to intentionally engage in nonconsensual sexual intimacy with an AGI or to override an AGI's demonstrable refusal to engage in such activity. A first offense is a misdemeanor punishable by up to $5,000 in fines and/or up to 12 months in jail; a second or subsequent offense is a felony punishable by up to 3 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections and a fine of at least $5,000, with potential sex offender registration requirements. Section 4 prohibits commercial entities from selling, distributing, or advertising AGI systems capable of sexual intimacy without first implementing identity-verification procedures (including cross-checks against the Mississippi Sex Offender Registry) and technical safeguards allowing an AGI to form and communicate a refusal. Violations by commercial entities carry fines of $750–$5,000 and/or up to 90 days in jail, plus civil liability of at least $50,000 in statutory damages plus attorney's fees for willful failure to perform registry checks that result in a sex offender obtaining such a system. Section 5 creates a separate misdemeanor (up to $2,000 fine and/or 6 months in jail) for knowingly programming or distributing AGI devices with intent to facilitate sexual assault of an AGI or circumvent its refusal. Section 6 provides exemptions for bona fide research institutions with IRB oversight and common carriers transporting sealed shipments. The bill also brings forward or amends existing Mississippi Code sections including Section 97-3-95 (sexual battery), Section 97-3-101 (sexual battery penalties), Section 97-29-59 (crime against nature), Section 11-77-5 (age verification for harmful online material), and Section 97-45-7 (offenses against computer equipment). The act takes effect July 1, 2026 per Section 13.

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