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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 478 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representative Kendrick of the 95 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia |
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| 10 | 10 | | Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, so as to require that AI generated2 |
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| 11 | 11 | | content used in commerce and trade include a disclaimer indicating such content was3 |
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| 12 | 12 | | generated using artificial intelligence; to provide for the form of such disclaimers; to provide4 |
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| 13 | 13 | | for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other5 |
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| 14 | 14 | | purposes.6 |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1.8 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,9 |
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| 18 | 18 | | relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, is amended in Code Section 10-1-392, relating10 |
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| 19 | 19 | | to definitions, by adding a new paragraph to read as follows:11 |
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| 20 | 20 | | "(.1) 'AI generated content' means a video recording, video file, audio recording, audio |
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| 22 | 22 | | file, still image, or still image file that is created through the use of an engineered or13 |
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| 23 | 23 | | machine based system that emulates the capability of a person to receive audio, visual,14 |
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| 24 | 24 | | text, or any other form of information and use the information received to emulate a15 |
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| 25 | 25 | | human cognitive process, including, but not limited to, learning, generalizing, reasoning,16 |
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| 26 | 26 | | H. B. 478 |
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| 28 | 28 | | planning, predicting, acting, or communicating; provided, however, that artificial17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | intelligence systems may vary in the forms of information they can receive and in the18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | human cognitive processes they can emulate."19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2.20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Said part is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | "10-1-393.20.22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) On or after July 1, 2025, any individual engaged in the dissemination of AI generated23 |
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| 35 | 35 | | content to facilitate commerce or trade shall ensure such content includes a disclosure that24 |
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| 36 | 36 | | artificial intelligence was used to make all or part of such content.25 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Disclosures required under subsection (a) of this Code section for AI generated content26 |
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| 38 | 38 | | that involves the use, in whole or in part, of visual media shall be:27 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) In writing and completed in each written language used in such content; and28 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) Clearly readable, which shall mean that the text of the disclosure shall:29 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) Appear in letters equal to or greater than 30 percent of the vertical picture height;30 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) Be visible for a period of at least 30 percent of the media's length, in the case of31 |
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| 43 | 43 | | moving images and video; and32 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (C) Appear with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the33 |
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| 45 | 45 | | text of the statement. A statement satisfies the color contrast requirement of this34 |
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| 46 | 46 | | subparagraph if it is printed in black text on a white background or if the degree of35 |
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| 47 | 47 | | color contrast between the background and the text of the statement is no less than the36 |
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| 48 | 48 | | color contrast between the background and the largest type size used in the content.37 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) Disclosures required under subsection (a) of this Code section for AI generated content38 |
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| 50 | 50 | | that involves the use, in whole or in part, of audible media shall be announced, articulated,39 |
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| 51 | 51 | | spoken, or otherwise rendered completely using the same audible volume, the same rate40 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of speaking as measured in words per minute, and each spoken language as used in such41 |
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| 53 | 53 | | content.42 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (d) It shall be unlawful to omit disclosures required under subsection (a) of this Code43 |
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| 57 | 57 | | section.44 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (e) Each video recording, video file, audio recording, audio file, still image, or still image45 |
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| 59 | 59 | | file disseminated in facilitating commerce or trade that omits disclosures required under46 |
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| 60 | 60 | | subsection (a) of this Code section shall constitute a separate violation."47 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 3.48 |
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| 62 | 62 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.49 |
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| 63 | 63 | | H. B. 478 |
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