Louisiana Senate Bill 6

• Authority: Louisiana
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-08-01

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Exposure to toxic content
• Compromise of privacy
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• AI system security vulnerabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 3-4 subdomains, with strong focus on malicious actors (4.3 - fraud and manipulation), privacy compromise (2.1), toxic content exposure (1.2), and potentially AI system security (2.2). Coverage is concentrated in malicious use and privacy protection domains.

Sector coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Information

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This legislation does not govern AI use within specific economic sectors. Rather, it creates a criminal offense applicable to any person who maliciously disseminates AI-generated nude images, regardless of sector. The only sector-specific mention is an exemption for Information sector service providers (telecommunications, internet services).

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding criminal statute enacted by the Louisiana Legislature with explicit criminal penalties for violations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Louisiana Legislature
• Summary: The document is a legislative act enacted by the Louisiana Legislature, as stated in the enactment clause.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_User
• Summary: The law targets any person who disseminates or sells AI-generated nude images without authorization. This includes both those who create such images (AI developers/users) and those who distribute them. The law also explicitly exempts certain service providers.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: As a criminal statute, enforcement authority lies with Louisiana's criminal justice system, including law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and courts, though no specific enforcement body is named in the document.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: No explicit monitoring body is identified in the document. As a criminal statute, monitoring would typically fall to law enforcement agencies, but this is not explicitly stated.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Build and Use Model
• Deploy

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages but rather on the end use and dissemination of AI-generated content. It primarily addresses the deployment and use of AI systems that create images, with implicit coverage of the 'Build and Use Model' stage.

Technical Scope

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

• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence in the context of creating images but does not define AI models, AI systems, or specify particular types of AI. It focuses on the output (AI-generated images) rather than technical AI classifications.