Alaska SB 177, Section 1. (Deepfakes)

Proposed 2024-01-16 | Official source

Summary

Require disclosure for deepfakes intended to harm a candidate or deceive voters by stating, "This communication has been manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence." Ensure the statement is audible or visible throughout digital communications.

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Section 1. AS 15.13 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 15.13.093. Deepfake disclosure statement. (a) If a person knows or reasonably should know that a communication includes a deepfake depicting a candidate or political party in a manner intended to injure the reputation of the candidate or party or otherwise deceive a voter, the person shall include the following statement with the communication: "This communication has been manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence." In a communication that includes an audio component, the statement must be read in a manner that is easily heard. If the communication includes a print or video component, the statement must be placed in the communication so the statement is easily discernible, and, for a broadcast, cable, satellite, Internet, or other digital communication, the statement must remain onscreen throughout the entirety of the communication. (b) In this section, "deepfake" means an image, audio recording, or video recording of an individual's appearance, conduct, or spoken words that has been created or manipulated with machine learning, natural language processing, or another computational processing technique of similar or greater complexity in a manner to create a realistic but false image, audio, or video that (1) appears to a reasonable person to depict a real individual saying or doing something that did not actually occur; or (2) provides a fundamentally different understanding or impression of an individual's appearance, conduct, or spoken words than the understanding a reasonable person would have from an unaltered, original version of the media.