Committee advances bill requiring AI-detection tools and disclosures for generative content

A proposed substitute of House Bill 11 70 that would require certain providers of generative artificial intelligence systems to make AI-detection tools available and to provide disclosures for AI-produced content was reported out of the Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee on Jan. 28, 2025, with a due-pass recommendation.

Martha Whaling, staff to the committee, summarized the substitute and explained it would change the statutory definition of an AI system to clarify covered entities, exclude government agencies and tribal nations from coverage, and require system-provenance data intended to help users assess authenticity. The proposed substitute also describes conditions under which an AI-detection tool must avoid outputting personal provenance data to the extent technically feasible and requires the Attorney General to allow covered providers an opportunity to cure violations under the…