New Jersey Assembly Resolution 141 (2024)

• Authority: New Jersey
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-06-28

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
• False or misleading information

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 6-8 subdomains, with strong focus on malicious actors (4.1, 4.3), misinformation (3.1, 3.2), toxic content exposure (1.2), and governance (6.5). Coverage is concentrated in misinformation, malicious use, and content moderation domains.

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.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector (AI platforms, social media, content sharing platforms) and implicitly addresses Public Administration through state legislative action. It focuses on platforms that generate and disseminate synthetic media content.

Legislative Status

Soft Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a non-binding legislative resolution that urges voluntary commitments from AI platforms without establishing legal obligations, enforcement mechanisms, or penalties for non-compliance.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: General Assembly of the State of New Jersey
• Summary: The resolution is proposed and passed by the New Jersey General Assembly, as indicated by the title and the resolving clause.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Entities: leading AI and content sharing companies in the State
• Summary: The resolution explicitly targets platforms that generate and disseminate deepfake and cheapfake media, as well as generative AI platforms and content sharing forums.

Enforcer

• Summary: The resolution does not establish any enforcement mechanisms, penalties, or designate any enforcement body. It is purely voluntary and relies on persuasion.

Monitor

• Summary: The resolution does not establish any monitoring bodies, oversight mechanisms, or reporting requirements. It only calls for voluntary commitments without specifying monitoring procedures.

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
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages, addressing content moderation and harm prevention in deployed AI systems. It also implicitly touches on Build and Use Model through references to generative AI platforms and their capabilities.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems
• Generative AI
• Open Weight / Open Source

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions generative artificial intelligence and AI platforms/systems. It does not specifically reference frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds. It focuses on generative AI capabilities for creating synthetic media.