An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sexual offenses, providing for the offense of unlawful dissemination of artificially generated depiction; and, in minors, further providing for the offense of…

• Authority: Pennsylvania
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2023-04-28

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
• 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.

• False or misleading information
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.1, 4.3) using AI to create harmful content, with strong focus on toxic content exposure (1.2), privacy compromise (2.1), and human-computer interaction harms (5.1). It also touches on AI system capabilities and limitations (7.2, 7.3).

Sector coverage

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

• Information
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This legislation does not target specific economic sectors but rather regulates individual behavior across all sectors. It applies to any person who creates or disseminates AI-generated sexual content, regardless of their industry or sector of operation.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act amending Pennsylvania criminal statutes with explicit criminal penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and mandatory compliance requirements.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The bill was introduced by multiple Pennsylvania state representatives and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary, indicating the Pennsylvania General Assembly as the proposing body.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, AI_User
• Summary: The law targets any person who creates, disseminates, or possesses artificially generated sexual depictions, including both developers/deployers of AI systems used for this purpose and end users who distribute such content.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Attorney General is explicitly granted authority to investigate and prosecute violations, and law enforcement officers are referenced as having official duties related to enforcement.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Attorney General has investigative authority which implies monitoring responsibilities, and law enforcement officers would monitor compliance as part of their official duties.

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
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on specific AI development lifecycle stages but rather regulates the deployment and use of AI-generated content. It primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate stages by criminalizing the dissemination and possession of artificially generated sexual depictions.

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 as a technical means for creating visual depictions. It does not distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, foundation models, etc.) but focuses on AI's capability to generate realistic visual content. No compute thresholds or model types are specified.