Department of State Authorization Act of 2023, Sec. 303 ("Task force to address artificial intelligence-enabled influence operations")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• False or misleading information
• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Governance failure
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Competitive dynamics
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities

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 disinformation and surveillance), misinformation (3.1 false information, 3.2 information pollution), AI system security (2.2), competitive dynamics (6.4), and governance (6.5). Coverage is concentrated in security, misuse prevention, and information integrity domains.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

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

• Information
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs Public Administration (Department of State operations) and National Security (countering foreign disinformation threats). It also addresses Information sector entities (social media platforms, content providers) and Scientific Research and Development Services (academia conducting AI research) as collaborative partners in addressing AI-enabled disinformation.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act from the United States Congress establishing mandatory requirements for the Department of State to create a task force, with specific timelines and reporting obligations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a section of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2023, which is legislative authority from the United States Congress establishing requirements for the Department of State.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The document primarily targets the Department of State with mandatory obligations to establish a task force. It also addresses private industry and academia as collaborative partners, and implicitly targets foreign malign actors using AI for disinformation.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Congress enforces compliance through its oversight authority and requirement for reporting. The Secretary of State is responsible for implementing the requirements within the Department.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Congressional committees monitor implementation through mandatory reporting requirements. The Task Force itself will monitor AI-enabled disinformation threats and coordinate responses.

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 does not focus on specific AI development lifecycle stages but rather on the deployment, operation, and monitoring of AI systems in the context of disinformation. It addresses how AI systems are used (deployed) by malicious actors and how to monitor and respond to AI-enabled disinformation campaigns.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and AI-generated content. It focuses on publicly available AI technologies and their misuse for disinformation. There is no mention of compute thresholds, frontier AI, general purpose AI, or open-weight models.