Adds Chapter 8 to Indiana Code, regulating election campaign communications with digitally altered media. Requires disclaimers for such media, specifying format and timing. Allows candidates depicted in undisclosed fabricated media to sue for damages, injunctive relief, and legal costs.
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This is a binding state statute enacted by the Indiana General Assembly with mandatory disclosure requirements, civil enforcement mechanisms including damages and injunctive relief, and legal obligations on specified parties.
The document has good coverage of approximately 4-5 subdomains, with strong focus on malicious actors using AI for disinformation and fraud (4.1, 4.3), misinformation risks (3.1, 3.2), and AI system capabilities that enable deception (7.2). Coverage is concentrated in misinformation, malicious use, and AI-enabled manipulation domains.
This document primarily governs the Information sector (media production and distribution) and Public Administration excluding National Security (election processes and political campaigns). It regulates how AI-generated content is used in political communications across various media formats.
The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, focusing on disclosure requirements when AI-generated content is deployed in campaign communications and ongoing monitoring through civil enforcement mechanisms. It does not address earlier stages like planning, data collection, or model development.
The document explicitly addresses AI-generated media through its definition of 'fabricated media' which includes artificially generated audio and visual content. It focuses on generative AI capabilities that can create synthetic media depicting individuals. No specific compute thresholds, foundation models, or distinctions between general purpose and task-specific AI are mentioned.
Indiana General Assembly
The document is a state legislative act enacted by the Indiana General Assembly, which is the state legislative body with authority to create binding state law.
Enforcement is conducted through civil courts via private rights of action. Candidates depicted in undisclosed fabricated media serve as enforcers by bringing civil actions. Courts have authority to award damages, injunctive relief, and expedite hearings.
The law does not establish a formal monitoring body. Monitoring is implicit through the affected candidates themselves who must identify violations and initiate civil actions. There is no designated regulatory agency for oversight.
The law targets persons who pay for, sponsor, or disseminate campaign communications containing fabricated media. These would include political campaigns, advocacy groups, media companies, and technology platforms that create or distribute AI-generated election content.
6 subdomains (4 Good, 2 Minimal)