The invoice, known as AB 3211, has to this point been overshadowed by consideration on one other California state Artificial Intelligence (AI) invoice, SB 1047, which mandates that AI builders conduct security testing on a few of their very own fashions.
That invoice has confronted a backlash from the tech business, together with OpenAI, which has Microsoft as a backer.
California state lawmakers tried to introduce 65 payments pertaining to AI this legislative season, in accordance with the state’s legislative database, together with measures to make sure all algorithmic selections are confirmed unbiased and shield the mental property of deceased people from exploitation by AI firms. Many of the payments are already lifeless.
San Francisco-based OpenAI believes that for AI-generated content material, transparency and necessities round provenance comparable to watermarking are necessary, particularly in an election 12 months, in accordance with a letter despatched to California State Assembly member Buffy Wicks, who authored the invoice.
With international locations representing a 3rd of the world’s inhabitants having polls this 12 months, specialists are involved concerning the function AI-generated content material will play, and it has already been distinguished in some elections, comparable to in Indonesia.
“New expertise and requirements may help individuals perceive the origin of content material they discover on-line, and keep away from confusion between human-generated and photorealistic AI-generated content material,” OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon wrote within the letter, which was reviewed by Reuters.
AB 3211 has already handed the state Assembly by a 62-0 vote. Earlier this month it handed the senate appropriations committee, setting it up for a vote by the total state Senate. If it passes by the tip of the legislative session on Aug. 31, it could advance to Governor Gavin Newsom to signal or veto by Sept. 30.
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