Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires entities that create, originally publish, or originally distribute a political advertisement including an image, audio, or video generated or substantially altered by AI to provide a disclosure of the AI use in California.

Highlights:

• Requires a committee that creates, originally publishes, or distributes a qualified political advertisement to include a specified disclosure that it was generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence, as defined (Sec. 1).

• Defines “qualified political advertisement” to include any advertisement, as specified, that contains any image, audio, or video that is generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the commission to enforce a violation of these disclosure requirements by seeking injunctive relief to compel compliance or pursuing any other administrative or civil remedies available to the commission under the act and specifies that violations of these disclosure requirements do not constitute a misdemeanor (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 2).

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