Defines digitization to include AI use in creating or altering images. Criminalizes disclosing fabricated intimate images, with AI-defined digitization as a key factor. Establishes defenses and penalties. Provides victims legal recourse for unauthorized AI-altered image disclosures.
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This is a binding legislative act enacted by the Washington State Legislature that creates criminal offenses, establishes civil causes of action, prescribes penalties including gross misdemeanors and class C felonies, and provides enforcement mechanisms through courts and law enforcement.
The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.1, 4.3), privacy compromise (2.1), toxic content exposure (1.2), and misinformation (3.1). It focuses on preventing AI-generated fabricated intimate images from being used for harassment, fraud, and manipulation, with strong coverage of privacy violations and harmful content creation.
This legislation does not target specific economic sectors but rather governs the conduct of any person or entity that creates or discloses fabricated intimate images using AI. It explicitly exempts certain information and telecommunications service providers from liability, indicating these sectors are within scope but protected. The law applies broadly across all sectors where such harmful content might be created or distributed.
The document does not focus on specific AI development lifecycle stages but rather on the deployment and use of AI-generated content (fabricated intimate images). It addresses the output and consequences of AI systems after they have been built and deployed, focusing on the harmful use of AI-generated images rather than their development process.
The document explicitly mentions AI and artificial intelligence in the context of creating or altering images (digitization). It does not specifically mention AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on the output (fabricated images) rather than the technical characteristics of the AI systems that create them.
Legislature of the State of Washington
The document is explicitly enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington, as stated in the opening clause of the bill.
law enforcement agencies; courts; prosecuting attorney; superior court
The document establishes enforcement through criminal prosecution by prosecuting attorneys and law enforcement agencies, as well as through civil court proceedings. Courts have authority to order forfeiture, sealing, and destruction of images, and to award damages and injunctive relief.
clerk of the court; law enforcement agency
The document establishes monitoring and custody responsibilities for law enforcement agencies and court clerks, who must maintain, track, and eventually destroy fabricated intimate images used as evidence. The clerk must verify with prosecuting attorneys before destruction and maintain secure storage.
The law targets multiple categories: (1) AI developers and users who create or use AI to generate fabricated intimate images ('Digitization includes, but is not limited to, creation or alteration of any visual or printed matter by using artificial intelligence'); (2) Any person who discloses such images; (3) Interactive computer services, mobile telecommunications providers, and telecommunications networks are explicitly exempted from liability, indicating they are within scope but protected; (4) Affected stakeholders include depicted individuals (victims) who have causes of action.
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