Ala. Code § 17-NEW

Current through the 2024 Regular Session.

Section 17-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] Definitions

For the purposes of this bill, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Any artificial system or generative artificial intelligence system that performs tasks under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight or that can learn from experience and improve performance when exposed to data sets.

(2) CREATOR. Any candidate, candidate campaign committee, political party, political action committee, other political committee or entity, any employee, representative, or agent of the foregoing, or any other person who prepares, creates, or causes the preparation or creation and the dissemination of any political advertising, material, or media produced by generative artificial intelligence. The term does not include a broadcaster, cable provider, digital newspaper, online service, Internet service provider, streaming platform, provider, or developer of any technology in the generation of media by artificial intelligence, or any employee, representative, or agent thereof, solely for the distribution of a creator, sponsor, or purchaser's political advertising, material, or media

(3) DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL. An individual who is falsely represented in a materially deceptive media.

(4) ELECTION. A federal, state, legislative, judicial, countywide, local, general, primary, runoff, or special election.

(5) MATERIALLY DECEPTIVE MEDIA. Any image, audio, or video that meets all of the following requirements:

a. The media falsely depicts an individual engaging in speech or conduct in which the depicted individual did not in fact engage.

b. A reasonable viewer or listener would incorrectly believe that the depicted individual engaged in the speech or conduct depicted.

c. The media was produced by artificial intelligence.

(6) SPONSOR. A person at whose request or on whose behalf any political advertisement, material, or media is created, prepared, placed, published, or disseminated.

Ala. Code § 17-NEW (1975)

Added by Act 2024-349,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2024.