California Assembly Bill 2905 (2024)

• Authority: California
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-09-23

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• False or misleading information
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of approximately 2-3 subdomains, with focus on fraud/manipulation (4.3) and misinformation (3.1). Coverage is concentrated on preventing deceptive practices in automated calling systems using AI-generated voices.

Sector coverage

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

• Information

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

• Professional & Technical Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector (telecommunications and automated calling services) and Professional and Technical Services sector (telemarketing and business communications). It regulates how AI-generated voices are used in automated dialing systems across various industries that use such calling technologies.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding California state statute that amends the Public Utilities Code with mandatory requirements and legal enforceability through criminal penalties.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: California State Legislature; California Assembly
• Summary: The document is a California Assembly Bill enacted by the California State Legislature, as indicated by the legislative format and enactment clause.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, AI_Developer
• Summary: The law targets persons or organizations that place telephone calls using automatic dialing-announcing devices with AI-generated voices. These entities deploy AI voice technology in telecommunications.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: California courts; California law enforcement agencies
• Summary: Enforcement is through California's criminal justice system, as the bill creates or modifies crimes/infractions under state law.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: No specific monitoring body is named in the document. Monitoring would occur through standard law enforcement complaint and investigation processes.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily governs the deployment and operational use of AI-generated voices in automatic dialing systems. It does not address earlier lifecycle stages like design, data collection, or model development.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and regulates artificial intelligence and artificial voices in the context of automated calling systems. It does not mention specific AI model types, compute thresholds, or distinguish between general-purpose and task-specific AI.