Committee considers AI provenance bill requiring detection tools and disclosures for large providers
House Bill 1170 would require high‑compute, high‑revenue AI providers to offer provenance detection tools and optional manifest/latent disclosures for AI‑generated or altered images, audio and video; supporters called it a consumer‑protection measure while industry groups warned of technical and enforcement challenges.
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The committee received a staff briefing and public testimony on Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1170, a transparency and provenance bill aimed at generative AI content. Committee staff explained the bill applies to covered providers that use a high quantity of computing power to train generative models publicly accessible in Washington and that report gross revenues above $500 million annually; the bill excludes public entities and bridal nations (as noted in the briefing) and limits scope to images, video and audio.
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