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Florida House Bill H0369

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to provenance of digital content; 2
1616 creating s. 501.9741, F.S.; providing definitions; 3
17-requiring certain artificial intelligence developers 4
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17+requiring certain artificial intelligence providers to 4
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2020 readers available in a specified manner; requiring 7
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2929 Section 1. Section 501.9741, Florida Statutes, is created 16
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3131 501.9741 Provenance data of digital content. — 18
3232 (1) As used in this section, the term: 19
3333 (a) "Generative artificial intelligence" has the same 20
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35- (b) "Generative artificial intelligence developer" means 22
36-an organization that develops a generative artificial 23
37-intelligence tool that is publicly available. 24
38- (c) "Generative artificial intelligence model" means an 25
35+ (b) "Generative artificial intelligence model" means an 22
36+artificial intelligence system desi gned to generate new data or 23
37+content based on the patterns or structures of its training 24
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51-artificial intelligence system designed to generate new data or 26
52-content based on the patterns or structure s of its training 27
53-data. The term does not include capabilities primarily intended 28
54-for classifications, predictions, or labeling. 29
51+for classifications, predictions, or labeling. 26
52+ (c) "Generative artificial intelligence provider" mean s an 27
53+organization that develops a generative artificial intelligence 28
54+tool that is publicly available. 29
5555 (d) "Generative artificial intelligence tool" means a 30
5656 product or feature that provides the outputs from a generative 31
5757 artificial intelligence model to e nd users. 32
5858 (e) "Provenance application tool" means a tool or online 33
5959 service that allows users to apply provenance data. 34
6060 (f) "Provenance data" means information about the origin 35
6161 of digital content and the history of modifications to such 36
6262 content in a format that is compliant with widely adopted 37
6363 guidelines or specifications promulgated by an established 38
6464 standard-setting body. Provenance data must indicate whether 39
6565 some or all of the content is synthetic content. If there is 40
6666 synthetic content, the provenance data must identify the name of 41
67-the generative artificial intelligence developer whose 42
68-generative artificial intelligence tool generated the synthetic 43
69-data. Provenance data shall not include any personally 44
70-identifying information or unique device, system, or service 45
71-information that is reasonably capable of being associated with 46
72-a particular user, unless directed by the user. 47
67+the generative artificial intelligence provider whose generative 42
68+artificial intelligence tool generated the synthetic data. 43
69+Provenance data shall not include any personally identifying 44
70+information, unique device, system, or service information that 45
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72+user, unless directed by the user. 47
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7575 (h) "Social media platform" means an onli ne forum, 50
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88-website, or application that allows users to upload content or 51
89-view content or activity of other users. The term does not 52
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88+website, or application for which the primary function is to 51
89+allow users to upload content or view content or activity of 52
90+other users. The term does not include: 53
9191 1. An online service, website, or application where the 54
9292 exclusive function is e -mail or direct messaging consisting of 55
9393 text, photographs, pictures, images, or videos shared only 56
9494 between the sender and the recipients, without displaying or 57
9595 posting publicly to other users not specifically identified as 58
96-the recipients by the sender; 59
96+the recipients by the sender; or 59
9797 2. An online service, website, or application, that 60
9898 consists primarily of news, sports, entertainment, or other 61
99-information or content that is preselected by the provider, and 62
100-for which any chat, comments, or interactive functionality is 63
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102-provision of the content; or 65
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104-for providing or obtaining technical support. 67
105- (i) "Synthetic content" means any visual content that has 68
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108- (2) A generative artificial intelligence developer shall: 71
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111-through the use of third -party technology, to content that has 74
112-been generated or modified to include synthetic content when 75
99+information or content that is not user generated or uploaded 62
100+but is preselected by the provider, and for which any chat, 63
101+comments, or interactiv e functionality is incidental to, 64
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105+that has been produced or modified by a generative artificial 68
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109+enables the user to apply provenance data, either directly or 72
110+through the use of third -party technology, to content that has 73
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128-feasible and reasonable, given the accepted state of the art, as 79
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130-or through the use of third -party technology, to content that 81
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133-to the requirements of subsection (2) shall also make available 84
134-to the public for free, either directly or through the use of 85
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165-website, or application that exclusively provides video game 104
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167- Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 106
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128+to the requirements of subsection (2) shall also make available 79
129+to the public for free, either directly or through the use of 80
130+third-party technology, a provenance reader. 81
131+ (4) A social media platform must retain all available 82
132+provenance data of co ntent uploaded to or posted on such 83
133+platform, and make available to the users of the platform such 84
134+provenance data in a readable format directly or through a 85
135+conspicuous indicator that allows a user to access the 86
136+provenance data or both. This requirement d oes not apply in 87
137+cases of the user's removal of provenance data. 88
138+ (5) A violation of this section constitutes an unfair or 89
139+deceptive act or practice as specified in s. 501.204 and shall 90
140+be exclusively enforced in a civil action by the Attorney 91
141+General. The Department of Legal Affairs must notify the 92
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143+platform of any suspected violation and allow the provider or 94
144+platform 30 calendar days to cure the alleged violation before 95
145+initiating enforcemen t action. This section does not create a 96
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147+ Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 98