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Committee adopts amendments to SB 163 to require AI watermarking and adjust identity-theft standards
Summary
Senator Blessing explained amendments to SB 163 that add watermarking requirements for AI-generated images and videos, set intent standards for removing watermarks or distributing false AI material, adjust identity-theft provisions and exempt libraries and educational institutions; amendments were adopted during the fourth hearing.
Senator Blessing explained and the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted amendments to Senate Bill 163 that expand the bill’s provisions related to artificial intelligence and identity fraud.
The adopted amendment specifies that the bill’s watermarking requirements apply to AI-generated images and videos and sets a standard that prohibits removal of watermarks or distribution of false AI-generated information when done knowingly and with intent to deceive. The amendment also sets a knowingly-or-intentionally standard for identity-theft provisions, empowers the attorney general to investigate violations, and exempts information-system providers for libraries, educational institutions and certain technology providers from the bill’s identity-theft provisions. The amendment further distinguishes the bill’s identity-fraud provisions from existing civil actions for nonconsensual dissemination of private images.
Committee members clarified whether the watermarking provision covers generated text; a member asked if text is included and Senator Blessing indicated that he believed it did. The committee adopted the amendment and recorded the session as SB 163’s fourth hearing.
The committee did not receive public testimony on SB 163 at this meeting.
