Committee considers bill that would require large AI providers to offer detection tools and label synthetic images, audio and video

Committee staff described House Bill 1170 as a narrower, consumer‑facing measure that would require large generative AI providers to provide detection tools and disclosures for synthetic image, audio and video content.

Emily Pool, nonpartisan staff, summarized the bill’s main requirements: any covered provider with more than 1,000,000 monthly visitors or users and that is publicly accessible in Washington must make available an AI detection tool at no cost; the tool must allow users to assess whether content was created or altered by the provider’s system, be publicly accessible and permit use without visiting the covered provider’s website. Covered providers must also offer users an option to include a manifest or an easily perceived disclosure on any image, video or audio the provider’s system creates…