For example, SB 972 looks to create an Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council within the Department of Management Services “to study and monitor the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems in state government.”
Specific responsibilities of the council would include:
- Assessing the need for legislative reform and the creation of a state code of ethics for AI systems in state government
- Studying and monitoring the effects of automated decision systems regarding constitutional and legal rights, duties and privileges of state residents
- Studying and monitoring the potential benefits, liabilities and risks that the state, private residents and businesses could incur because of implemented automated decision systems
- Recommending administrative and legislative actions that state governmental agencies and the Legislature can use to promote the development of AI in the state
Councilmembers would include two members of the House of Representatives, an academic professional specializing in ethics, an academic professional specializing in AI systems, an expert on law enforcement usage of artificial intelligence systems, a policy expert and a constitutional and legal rights expert.
SB 850, on the other hand, would require disclaimers for political ads that use AI.
For example, the bill states that any ad that “contains images, video, audio, text or other digital content created in whole or in part with the use of generative artificial intelligence and appears to depict a real person performing an action that did not occur, the political advertisement, electioneering communication, or other such miscellaneous advertisement must prominently state the following disclaimer: ‘Created in whole or in part with the use of generative artificial intelligence.’”
If an ad does not include a disclaimer, it would be subject to the civil penalties listed in s. 106.265, including fines ranging between $2,500 and $7,500 per offense.
If enacted, the bill would go into effect July 1, 2024.
