State legislators define their proposals as the promotion of IA innovation while implementing light regulations around technology to protect Georgians against disinformation and unwanted data collection. But civil freedoms say that these efforts are not far enough to protect consumers.
Chairman of the Chamber Technology Committee Todd Jones, R-South Forsyth, said that he considered AI as a new industrial revolution, and Georgia should be a leader in promoting this.
“We understand that a large innovation requires a large berth,” he said. But new technologies require “railings in terms of what you cannot do.”
While Georgia and other states are targeting more regulations, Trump seeks to find certain federal limits. During the first week of his return to the White House, He signed a decree To cancel linked to AI Policies implemented during the Biden the administration which has placed certain regulations on technological companies and sought Improve AI preparation for federal agencies.
Trump also called for the development of a Action plan of AIWho will describe policies to “improve the position of America as the power of AI and prevent requirements unnecessarily contrary to the stack of innovation in the private sector”.
A patchwork of states laws
AI political experts consider that the president’s approach makes it more difficult for states with technology.
“If you have the federal government, it really comes back to the states in terms of regulation they want to do and how they want to do so,” Adam Pah, deputy dean of digital innovation at the Georgia State University, said. “And that will create a patchwork because many states will not feel any momentum to do anything and other states will do it.”
This patchwork, said the HAP, will probably create an environment that is difficult to navigate for certain technological companies.
Many technology giants can absorb violations of To state the regulations of the AI and brush them as a cost to do business, but startups do not have this luxury, said the HAP.
“It is very difficult for small businesses to navigate this complexity,” he said.
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The extent of the use of AI between state agencies is not clear, but under House Bill 147Sponsored by representative Brad Thomas, R-Holly Springs, agencies would be required to report any use of AI to Georgia Technology Authority, revealing at the end of the year the name of the AI tool, its capacities and if the system is used without humans. Local governments would be required to do the same by the end of 2027.
“We think it is important to get roots where we are. In this way, we can define a policy on where we want to go,” said Thomas.
The legislation would oblige the Georgia Technology Authority to develop a set of AI policies and procedures of the model by 2026.
Senate bill 111Sponsored by Senator John Albers, R-Roswell, would require that large companies allow consumers to disintegrate so that their personal data is used for things such as targeted advertising. Consumers could also ask companies to delete their data.
So that Georgia is the best place to do business, Thomas said it should be the best place for AI. To do this, there must be regulation in place, he said.
Opponents of the bill, such as the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, claim that it is not enough to protect consumers, as this forces them to withdraw from their companies using their private data rather than opting.
For Deepfakes, legislators go further.
A Transformed version of Bill 9 of the Senate Would do it by prohibiting political depths – images, videos or robocals that reflect the resemblance or the voice of political candidates.
Jones said the voters should be able to believe that the information they receive is accurate.
For example, he highlighted the use of a depth that imitated the voice of the president of the time, Joe Biden last year. The deceptive robocall discouraged voters from voting for Biden in the New Hampshire Primary.
SB 9Also sponsored by Albers, would make an offense of dissemination or publication of misleading information within 90 days of an election with the intention of influencing the chance of a candidate to be elected, to create confusion on the administration of the elections or to influence the result. For recurrences, this would become a crime.
Another proposal for a house, almost identical to the original language of SB 9, would also criminalize the distribution of sexually explicit content and generated by AI involving children.
AI proposals are all adopted in one chamber of the Legislative Assembly and await measures in the other while Sine Die – The last day of the Legislative Session – Approach of April 4.