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The House Communications and Technology Committee approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday seeking to help individuals know when digital content has been created or altered by AI.
The panel voted unanimously for House Bill 2534 giving individuals tools to verify authenticity of that content. HB2534 is sponsored by Committee Minority Chair Jason Ortitay, R-Allegheny, and co-sponsored by Committee Minority Chair Joseph Ciresi, D-Montgomery.
The legislation focuses on digital content provenance, information embedded in or attached to digital content that helps verify its origin and authenticity. This data can include the name of the AI system that created the content, the time and date it was generated, and a unique identifier.
Provenance information can be visible to users or embedded in a way that is not immediately apparent but can be detected using appropriate tools.
HB2534 requires AI providers to:
-- Provide users with a free, easy-to-use tool which will allow them to check if content was created or altered by AI and view basic provenance information about its origin.
-- Give users the option to add a visible disclosure identifying their content as AI-generated.
-- Automatically include detectable metadata in AI-generated content that provides a record of when and how it was created or altered.
Having this transparency helps prevent the spread of misinformation, protects intellectual property, and supports public trust in digital media, said Ortitay in a memo.
Ortitay told the committee HB2534 is modeled on a California law. He consulted with tech companies and California lawmakers in drafting the bill.
The committee is moving several AI bills on such topics as a moratorium on using AI Chatbots in toys.