Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2885Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 15, 2024An act to amend Section 11547.5 of the Government Code, relating to artificial intelligence.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2885, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Artificial intelligence. Coordinated plan: deepfake technology.Existing law establishes within the Government Operations Agency the Department of Technology, which is supervised by the Director of Technology. Existing law authorizes the director and the department to exercise various powers in creating and managing the information technology policy of the state, including establishing and enforcing state information technology strategic plans, policies, standards, and enterprise architecture. requires the Secretary of Government Operations to develop a coordinated plan to, among other things, investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments to determine digital content provenance. For the purpose of informing that coordinated plan, existing law requires the secretary to evaluate, among other things, the impact of the proliferation of deepfakes, defined to mean audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence that would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and that features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent, on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state. Existing law requires the secretary to, on or before October 1, 2024, make a report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses that includes the coordinated plan described above.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to define the term artificial intelligence. intelligence for the purposes of that provision to mean an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments. The bill would also extend the due date for the report to the Legislature to January 31, 2025.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11547.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:11547.5. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: section:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(1)(2) Deepfake means audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence which would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and which features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent.(2)(3) Digital content forgery means the use of technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, to fabricate or manipulate audio, visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.(3)(4) Digital content provenance means the verifiable chronology of the original piece of digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or electronic document.(4)(5) Secretary means the Secretary of Government Operations.(b) For purposes of informing the coordinated plan, as described in subdivision (c), and upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Secretary of Government Operations shall evaluate all of the following:(1) The impact of the proliferation of deepfakes on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(2) The risks, including privacy risks, associated with the deployment of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on state and local government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(3) Potential privacy impacts of technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(4) The impact of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on civic engagement, including voters.(5) The legal implications associated with the use of digital content forgery technologies, deepfakes, and technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(6) The best practices for preventing digital content forgery and deepfake technology to benefit the state, California-based businesses, and California residents, including exploring whether and how the adoption of a digital content provenance standard could assist with reducing the proliferation of digital content forgeries and deepfakes.(c) The secretary shall develop a coordinated plan to accomplish all of the following:(1) Investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments for determining digital content provenance.(2) Increase the ability of internet companies, journalists, watchdog organizations, other relevant entities, and members of the public to meaningfully scrutinize and identify digital content forgeries and relay trust and information about digital content provenance to content consumers.(3) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to cryptographically certify authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations.(4) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to enable the public to validate the authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations to establish digital content provenance without materially compromising personal privacy or civil liberties.(d) On or before October 1, 2024, January 31, 2025, the secretary shall report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses.(1) The secretarys report shall include the coordinated plan required by subdivision (c), including recommendations for modifications to the definitions of digital content forgery and deepfakes.(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, 2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date. repealed.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to define the term artificial intelligence.
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2885Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 15, 2024An act to amend Section 11547.5 of the Government Code, relating to artificial intelligence.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2885, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Artificial intelligence. Coordinated plan: deepfake technology.Existing law establishes within the Government Operations Agency the Department of Technology, which is supervised by the Director of Technology. Existing law authorizes the director and the department to exercise various powers in creating and managing the information technology policy of the state, including establishing and enforcing state information technology strategic plans, policies, standards, and enterprise architecture. requires the Secretary of Government Operations to develop a coordinated plan to, among other things, investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments to determine digital content provenance. For the purpose of informing that coordinated plan, existing law requires the secretary to evaluate, among other things, the impact of the proliferation of deepfakes, defined to mean audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence that would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and that features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent, on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state. Existing law requires the secretary to, on or before October 1, 2024, make a report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses that includes the coordinated plan described above.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to define the term artificial intelligence. intelligence for the purposes of that provision to mean an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments. The bill would also extend the due date for the report to the Legislature to January 31, 2025.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2885
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-KahanFebruary 15, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan
February 15, 2024
An act to amend Section 11547.5 of the Government Code, relating to artificial intelligence.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2885, as amended, Bauer-Kahan. Artificial intelligence. Coordinated plan: deepfake technology.
Existing law establishes within the Government Operations Agency the Department of Technology, which is supervised by the Director of Technology. Existing law authorizes the director and the department to exercise various powers in creating and managing the information technology policy of the state, including establishing and enforcing state information technology strategic plans, policies, standards, and enterprise architecture. requires the Secretary of Government Operations to develop a coordinated plan to, among other things, investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments to determine digital content provenance. For the purpose of informing that coordinated plan, existing law requires the secretary to evaluate, among other things, the impact of the proliferation of deepfakes, defined to mean audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence that would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and that features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent, on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state. Existing law requires the secretary to, on or before October 1, 2024, make a report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses that includes the coordinated plan described above.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to define the term artificial intelligence. intelligence for the purposes of that provision to mean an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments. The bill would also extend the due date for the report to the Legislature to January 31, 2025.
Existing law establishes within the Government Operations Agency the Department of Technology, which is supervised by the Director of Technology. Existing law authorizes the director and the department to exercise various powers in creating and managing the information technology policy of the state, including establishing and enforcing state information technology strategic plans, policies, standards, and enterprise architecture. requires the Secretary of Government Operations to develop a coordinated plan to, among other things, investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments to determine digital content provenance. For the purpose of informing that coordinated plan, existing law requires the secretary to evaluate, among other things, the impact of the proliferation of deepfakes, defined to mean audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence that would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and that features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent, on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state. Existing law requires the secretary to, on or before October 1, 2024, make a report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses that includes the coordinated plan described above.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to define the term artificial intelligence. intelligence for the purposes of that provision to mean an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments. The bill would also extend the due date for the report to the Legislature to January 31, 2025.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11547.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:11547.5. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: section:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(1)(2) Deepfake means audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence which would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and which features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent.(2)(3) Digital content forgery means the use of technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, to fabricate or manipulate audio, visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.(3)(4) Digital content provenance means the verifiable chronology of the original piece of digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or electronic document.(4)(5) Secretary means the Secretary of Government Operations.(b) For purposes of informing the coordinated plan, as described in subdivision (c), and upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Secretary of Government Operations shall evaluate all of the following:(1) The impact of the proliferation of deepfakes on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(2) The risks, including privacy risks, associated with the deployment of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on state and local government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(3) Potential privacy impacts of technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(4) The impact of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on civic engagement, including voters.(5) The legal implications associated with the use of digital content forgery technologies, deepfakes, and technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(6) The best practices for preventing digital content forgery and deepfake technology to benefit the state, California-based businesses, and California residents, including exploring whether and how the adoption of a digital content provenance standard could assist with reducing the proliferation of digital content forgeries and deepfakes.(c) The secretary shall develop a coordinated plan to accomplish all of the following:(1) Investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments for determining digital content provenance.(2) Increase the ability of internet companies, journalists, watchdog organizations, other relevant entities, and members of the public to meaningfully scrutinize and identify digital content forgeries and relay trust and information about digital content provenance to content consumers.(3) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to cryptographically certify authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations.(4) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to enable the public to validate the authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations to establish digital content provenance without materially compromising personal privacy or civil liberties.(d) On or before October 1, 2024, January 31, 2025, the secretary shall report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses.(1) The secretarys report shall include the coordinated plan required by subdivision (c), including recommendations for modifications to the definitions of digital content forgery and deepfakes.(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, 2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date. repealed.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to define the term artificial intelligence.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11547.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:11547.5. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: section:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(1)(2) Deepfake means audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence which would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and which features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent.(2)(3) Digital content forgery means the use of technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, to fabricate or manipulate audio, visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.(3)(4) Digital content provenance means the verifiable chronology of the original piece of digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or electronic document.(4)(5) Secretary means the Secretary of Government Operations.(b) For purposes of informing the coordinated plan, as described in subdivision (c), and upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Secretary of Government Operations shall evaluate all of the following:(1) The impact of the proliferation of deepfakes on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(2) The risks, including privacy risks, associated with the deployment of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on state and local government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(3) Potential privacy impacts of technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(4) The impact of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on civic engagement, including voters.(5) The legal implications associated with the use of digital content forgery technologies, deepfakes, and technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(6) The best practices for preventing digital content forgery and deepfake technology to benefit the state, California-based businesses, and California residents, including exploring whether and how the adoption of a digital content provenance standard could assist with reducing the proliferation of digital content forgeries and deepfakes.(c) The secretary shall develop a coordinated plan to accomplish all of the following:(1) Investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments for determining digital content provenance.(2) Increase the ability of internet companies, journalists, watchdog organizations, other relevant entities, and members of the public to meaningfully scrutinize and identify digital content forgeries and relay trust and information about digital content provenance to content consumers.(3) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to cryptographically certify authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations.(4) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to enable the public to validate the authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations to establish digital content provenance without materially compromising personal privacy or civil liberties.(d) On or before October 1, 2024, January 31, 2025, the secretary shall report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses.(1) The secretarys report shall include the coordinated plan required by subdivision (c), including recommendations for modifications to the definitions of digital content forgery and deepfakes.(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, 2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date. repealed.
SECTION 1. Section 11547.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:
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11547.5. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: section:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(1)(2) Deepfake means audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence which would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and which features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent.(2)(3) Digital content forgery means the use of technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, to fabricate or manipulate audio, visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.(3)(4) Digital content provenance means the verifiable chronology of the original piece of digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or electronic document.(4)(5) Secretary means the Secretary of Government Operations.(b) For purposes of informing the coordinated plan, as described in subdivision (c), and upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Secretary of Government Operations shall evaluate all of the following:(1) The impact of the proliferation of deepfakes on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(2) The risks, including privacy risks, associated with the deployment of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on state and local government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(3) Potential privacy impacts of technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(4) The impact of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on civic engagement, including voters.(5) The legal implications associated with the use of digital content forgery technologies, deepfakes, and technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(6) The best practices for preventing digital content forgery and deepfake technology to benefit the state, California-based businesses, and California residents, including exploring whether and how the adoption of a digital content provenance standard could assist with reducing the proliferation of digital content forgeries and deepfakes.(c) The secretary shall develop a coordinated plan to accomplish all of the following:(1) Investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments for determining digital content provenance.(2) Increase the ability of internet companies, journalists, watchdog organizations, other relevant entities, and members of the public to meaningfully scrutinize and identify digital content forgeries and relay trust and information about digital content provenance to content consumers.(3) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to cryptographically certify authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations.(4) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to enable the public to validate the authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations to establish digital content provenance without materially compromising personal privacy or civil liberties.(d) On or before October 1, 2024, January 31, 2025, the secretary shall report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses.(1) The secretarys report shall include the coordinated plan required by subdivision (c), including recommendations for modifications to the definitions of digital content forgery and deepfakes.(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, 2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date. repealed.
11547.5. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: section:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(1)(2) Deepfake means audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence which would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and which features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent.(2)(3) Digital content forgery means the use of technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, to fabricate or manipulate audio, visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.(3)(4) Digital content provenance means the verifiable chronology of the original piece of digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or electronic document.(4)(5) Secretary means the Secretary of Government Operations.(b) For purposes of informing the coordinated plan, as described in subdivision (c), and upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Secretary of Government Operations shall evaluate all of the following:(1) The impact of the proliferation of deepfakes on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(2) The risks, including privacy risks, associated with the deployment of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on state and local government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(3) Potential privacy impacts of technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(4) The impact of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on civic engagement, including voters.(5) The legal implications associated with the use of digital content forgery technologies, deepfakes, and technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(6) The best practices for preventing digital content forgery and deepfake technology to benefit the state, California-based businesses, and California residents, including exploring whether and how the adoption of a digital content provenance standard could assist with reducing the proliferation of digital content forgeries and deepfakes.(c) The secretary shall develop a coordinated plan to accomplish all of the following:(1) Investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments for determining digital content provenance.(2) Increase the ability of internet companies, journalists, watchdog organizations, other relevant entities, and members of the public to meaningfully scrutinize and identify digital content forgeries and relay trust and information about digital content provenance to content consumers.(3) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to cryptographically certify authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations.(4) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to enable the public to validate the authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations to establish digital content provenance without materially compromising personal privacy or civil liberties.(d) On or before October 1, 2024, January 31, 2025, the secretary shall report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses.(1) The secretarys report shall include the coordinated plan required by subdivision (c), including recommendations for modifications to the definitions of digital content forgery and deepfakes.(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, 2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date. repealed.
11547.5. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: section:(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.(1)(2) Deepfake means audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence which would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and which features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent.(2)(3) Digital content forgery means the use of technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, to fabricate or manipulate audio, visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.(3)(4) Digital content provenance means the verifiable chronology of the original piece of digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or electronic document.(4)(5) Secretary means the Secretary of Government Operations.(b) For purposes of informing the coordinated plan, as described in subdivision (c), and upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Secretary of Government Operations shall evaluate all of the following:(1) The impact of the proliferation of deepfakes on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(2) The risks, including privacy risks, associated with the deployment of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on state and local government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.(3) Potential privacy impacts of technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(4) The impact of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on civic engagement, including voters.(5) The legal implications associated with the use of digital content forgery technologies, deepfakes, and technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.(6) The best practices for preventing digital content forgery and deepfake technology to benefit the state, California-based businesses, and California residents, including exploring whether and how the adoption of a digital content provenance standard could assist with reducing the proliferation of digital content forgeries and deepfakes.(c) The secretary shall develop a coordinated plan to accomplish all of the following:(1) Investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments for determining digital content provenance.(2) Increase the ability of internet companies, journalists, watchdog organizations, other relevant entities, and members of the public to meaningfully scrutinize and identify digital content forgeries and relay trust and information about digital content provenance to content consumers.(3) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to cryptographically certify authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations.(4) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to enable the public to validate the authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations to establish digital content provenance without materially compromising personal privacy or civil liberties.(d) On or before October 1, 2024, January 31, 2025, the secretary shall report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses.(1) The secretarys report shall include the coordinated plan required by subdivision (c), including recommendations for modifications to the definitions of digital content forgery and deepfakes.(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, 2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date. repealed.
11547.5. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: section:
(1) Artificial intelligence means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.
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(2) Deepfake means audio or visual content that has been generated or manipulated by artificial intelligence which would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful and which features depictions of people appearing to say or do things they did not say or do without their consent.
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(3) Digital content forgery means the use of technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, to fabricate or manipulate audio, visual, or text content with the intent to mislead.
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(4) Digital content provenance means the verifiable chronology of the original piece of digital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, or electronic document.
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(5) Secretary means the Secretary of Government Operations.
(b) For purposes of informing the coordinated plan, as described in subdivision (c), and upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Secretary of Government Operations shall evaluate all of the following:
(1) The impact of the proliferation of deepfakes on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.
(2) The risks, including privacy risks, associated with the deployment of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on state and local government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state.
(3) Potential privacy impacts of technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.
(4) The impact of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on civic engagement, including voters.
(5) The legal implications associated with the use of digital content forgery technologies, deepfakes, and technologies allowing public verification of digital content provenance.
(6) The best practices for preventing digital content forgery and deepfake technology to benefit the state, California-based businesses, and California residents, including exploring whether and how the adoption of a digital content provenance standard could assist with reducing the proliferation of digital content forgeries and deepfakes.
(c) The secretary shall develop a coordinated plan to accomplish all of the following:
(1) Investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments for determining digital content provenance.
(2) Increase the ability of internet companies, journalists, watchdog organizations, other relevant entities, and members of the public to meaningfully scrutinize and identify digital content forgeries and relay trust and information about digital content provenance to content consumers.
(3) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to cryptographically certify authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations.
(4) Develop or identify mechanisms for content creators to enable the public to validate the authenticity of original media and nondeceptive manipulations to establish digital content provenance without materially compromising personal privacy or civil liberties.
(d) On or before October 1, 2024, January 31, 2025, the secretary shall report to the Legislature on the potential uses and risks of deepfake technology to the state government and California-based businesses.
(1) The secretarys report shall include the coordinated plan required by subdivision (c), including recommendations for modifications to the definitions of digital content forgery and deepfakes.
(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, 2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date. repealed.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to define the term artificial intelligence.