Indiana House Bill 1047

Defines "computer generated image" as those created or modified using AI or software. Criminalizes distributing non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated ones, with enhanced penalties for repeat offenders. Establishes new offenses for voyeurism involving AI or digital tools.

  • Authority: Indiana
  • Parent authority: State governments
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. state and local documents
  • Most recent activity: Enacted
  • Most recent activity date: 2024-03-12

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

  • Compromise of privacy
  • Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation) through criminalization of non-consensual intimate image distribution and AI-generated deepfakes. It also addresses privacy and security concerns (2.1 Privacy compromise) related to voyeurism and unauthorized image capture. Coverage is concentrated in the malicious actors and privacy/security domains.

Sector coverage

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This legislation does not govern AI use within specific economic sectors. Rather, it establishes criminal prohibitions that apply to individuals across all sectors who engage in voyeurism or distribute non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated ones. The law is sector-agnostic criminal legislation.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state legislative act that amends the Indiana Code to criminalize specific conduct related to AI-generated intimate images and voyeurism, with explicit criminal penalties including misdemeanors and felonies.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Indiana General Assembly
  • Summary: The document is a legislative act enacted by the Indiana General Assembly, which is the state legislative body with authority to create and amend state criminal law.

Target

  • Entity Types: Affected_Stakeholder
  • Summary: The legislation targets individuals who engage in voyeurism or distribute non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated ones. These are natural persons who may commit the specified criminal offenses, not organizations or AI developers specifically.

Enforcer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: While no specific enforcement agency is named, the document establishes criminal offenses that would be enforced through Indiana's criminal justice system, including prosecutors, courts, and law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over criminal matters.

Monitor

  • Summary: The document does not establish any specific monitoring body or oversight mechanism. As criminal legislation, monitoring would occur through standard criminal justice processes (law enforcement investigations, prosecutions) rather than a dedicated monitoring entity.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not address AI development lifecycle stages. It focuses on criminalizing the misuse of AI-generated content (intimate images) after deployment, but does not govern the planning, development, training, validation, or deployment processes of AI systems themselves.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

  • Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions AI and computer software programs in the context of creating or modifying intimate images, but does not define or regulate AI models, AI systems, or any specific categories of AI. It focuses on the output (computer generated images) rather than the underlying AI technology.

https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1047/HB1047.06.ENRS.pdf
https://agora.eto.tech/instrument/1416
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