The Wisconsin assembly on Thursday passed two bills aimed at regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in political advertisements and within state agencies amid the upcoming November elections.
The first bill requires political candidates and groups to disclose the use of AI-generated content in ads and communications. Failure to comply would result in a $1,000 penalty for each violation.
“Under the bill, every audio communication paid for with a contribution or disbursement that contains synthetic media must include at both the beginning and the end of the communication the words ‘Contains content generated by AI’,” it stated.
Rep. Adam Neylon, the bill’s sponsor, said he believes that “the next few decades are going to be defined by the era of artificial intelligence.”…
