In one paragraph
Alaska's SB 177 (2023-24), as the Senate State Affairs committee substitute CSSB 177(STA), would have required a disclosure statement on election-related communications that include a deepfake, set rules for state agency use of generative AI for consequential decisions, and addressed transfers of data about individuals between state agencies. Senate State Affairs reported it April 23-24, 2024 and it was referred to Judiciary; it died when the 33rd Legislature's session ended.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died and never became law. It would have required a disclosure statement on election communications with deepfakes and limited state AI contracts to vendors meeting NIST SP 800-53.
Key provisions
- Would bar making, or hiring another to make, an election-related communication that the person knows or reasonably should know includes a deepfake of a candidate or proposition without the statement "This communication has been manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence or by another means." (AS 15.80.009(a))
- Would make a violator liable to a candidate or proposition group for damages, full reasonable attorney fees and costs, and allow injunctive relief; satire, parody, certain news broadcasts and paid broadcasts of another person's communication would be exempt
- Would require the department to inventory, every two years, state agency systems that use generative AI for consequential decisions, and publish the inventory (AS 44.99.700)
- Would require an agency head to conduct an impact assessment of such a system at least every two years (AS 44.99.710)
- Would require agencies using generative AI for consequential decisions to notify affected individuals, get consent before acquiring sensitive personal data, provide an appeal with manual human review, and tell prospective employees about AI video interviews and get consent (AS 44.99.720(a))
- Would bar agencies from using AI for consequential decisions that involves biometric identification, emotion recognition, cognitive behavioral manipulation or social scoring, or data hosted in a designated foreign adversary country
- Would allow agency contracts for such systems only with persons that have implemented NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 5 security and privacy controls
- Reported from Senate State Affairs as CSSB 177(STA) April 24, 2024 and referred to Judiciary with a Finance referral added; no further action before the 33rd Legislature ended; the captured text is cut off before the data-transfer provisions, and the inventory, impact-assessment and agency-duty sections are subject to exceptions in AS 44.99.760, which was not captured
Latest legislative action
Apr 24, 2024. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY; FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER JUD; died when the 33rd Alaska Legislature's 2023-24 session ended without further action
Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Hughes | Primary |
| MACKINNON | Primary |
| MICCICHE | Primary |
| Senate Rules | Primary |
| SENATE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR | Primary |
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