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REFERENCE TITLE: artificial intelligence; content verification |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026
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SB 1786 |
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Introduced by Senator Petersen
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AN ACT
amending title 18, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 8; relating to information technology.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 18, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding chapter 8, to read:
CHAPTER 8
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
18-801. Artificial intelligence; content verification; definitions
A. A covered provider shall include provenance data in any video, image or audio content or content that is any combination of a video, an image or audio content that is created or materially altered by the covered provider's generative artificial intelligence system.
B. A covered provider shall use commercially and technically reasonable methods to make the provenance data difficult to remove or tamper with. The use of a commonly supported technical standard for watermarking and metadata complies with the requirements of this subsection.
C. The Content is not considered materially altered for purposes of this section if the alteration consists of a minor modification that does not lead to significant changes to the perceived content or meaning of the content.
D. A covered provider is required to include any information that relates to an identified or reasonably identifiable individual in provenance data that is included in content created or materially altered by the covered provider's generative artificial intelligence system.
e. For the purpose of this section:
1. "Covered provider" means a person or entity that creates, codes or otherwise produces a generative artificial intelligence system that is publicly accessible within the geographic boundaries of this state to consumers for personal use.
2. "Generative artificial intelligence system” means technology that uses machine learning, including deep-learning models, natural language processing or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity, to generate images, audio, video or other media.
3. "MINOR MODIFICATION" INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(a) CHANGING THE BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST OR COLOR.
(b) SHARPENING.
(c) SATURATING.
(d) APPLYING FILTERS.
(e) RESIZING.
(f) SCALING.
(g) CROPPING.
(h) FORMAT CONVERSIONS.
(i) RESAMPLING.
(j) DENOISING.
(k) REMOVING BACKGROUND NOISE IN AUDIO.
4. "Provenance data" means data that is embedded into digital content, that is included in the digital content's metadata or that is associated with digital content to verify the digital content's authenticity, origin or history of modification.
Sec. 2. Legislative findings
The legislative intends that section 18-801, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, be broadly construed and applied to promote the underlying purpose of the act, which is all of the following:
1. To protect individuals and groups of individuals from known, and unknown but reasonably foreseeable, risks associated with artificial intelligence.
2. To provide transparency regarding those risks in the development, deployment or use or artificial intelligence systems.
3. To provide reasonable notice regarding the use of artificial intelligence systems.
4. To protect the public from fraud or deception.