neumann@csl.sri.com
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:22:08 PDT
A Utah law imposing regulations on the private sector's use of artificial intelligence will go into effect next week, marking the first time a state has implemented such legislation.
https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0149.pdf
With state legislatures across the country debating policy solutions to protect citizens from the potential harms of AI, Utah's law could be a potential model for others to follow. More than 400 AI-related bills have been introduced across more than 40 states, as of February. The vast amount of proposals highlights how states are scrambling to enact regulations on all facets of AI, including workplace safety, algorithmic discrimination, the government's use, deepfakes and more.
``The advantage of being a first mover and doing good policy is other states
can learn from Utah, and they will if the policy works,'' said Ian Klaus,
founding director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's
California program.
What's happening on May 1: The AI Policy Act, S.B. 149, amends the state's consumer protection and privacy laws by imposing transparency requirements on companies that use AI. Individuals or businesses providing a service that requires a license or certification, like medical providers, will be required to disclose when a consumer is engaging with AI at the start of the interaction. Other deployers of generative AI that don't fall into the license or certification category still must disclose the use of the technology, but only if a consumer asks.
The law puts all the responsibility on companies deploying AI, and does little to regulate the technology itself. That means a company using someone else's model (think ChatGPT or Bard) will be at fault if that model violates the law. Violators could be subject to fines of up to $2,500 per offense.