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Prohibiting the use of generative artificial intelligence to create false representations of candidates in election campaign media or of state officials.
In one paragraph
Not law. Kansas SB 375 would have barred using synthetic media, meaning realistic but false images, audio or video made with generative AI or other digital technology, in election campaign communications to alter a candidate's appearance, action or speech, and in any communication to alter that of an elected or appointed state official. Violations would have been class C misdemeanors. Including the statement 'This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated' would have been an affirmative defense. It had a Senate Federal and State Affairs hearing February 8, 2024 and died in committee April 30, 2024.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died, so it creates no obligations in Kansas.
Key provisions
- Bans synthetic media that alters a candidate's appearance, action or speech in election campaign communications (K.S.A. 25-2407, 25-4156)
- Bans synthetic media altering an elected or appointed state official in any communication (K.S.A. 25-2407)
- Class C misdemeanor for violations
- Affirmative defense if the communication states 'This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated', easily readable in visual media and spoken at the start and end of audio, repeated at least every two minutes in longer audio
- Effective on publication in the statute book; Senate hearing February 8, 2024; Died in Committee April 30, 2024
Latest legislative action
Apr 30, 2024. Senate Died in Committee
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