Prohibition on AI-Based Impersonation of Federal Officials

Section 912 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking Whoever and inserting the following:

(a)

In general

Whoever

; and

(2)by adding at the end the following:

(b)

Use of artificial intelligence

Whoever knowingly uses artificial intelligence to impersonate, falsely assume or pretend to be an officer or employee of the United States, including by mimicking the voice or likeness of a Federal officer without an explicit disclaimer, and thereby produces materially false or misleading content shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit legitimate uses of artificial intelligence in satire, parody, or expressive conduct protected under the First Amendment, provided such content includes clear disclosure that it is not authentic and is not intended as such. (c)

Definition

In this section—(1)the term artificial intelligence means any system or software that performs tasks normally requiring human intelligence, including generative models capable of producing human-like audio, video, or text; and(2)the term impersonates means to falsely represent oneself as another identifiable individual, whether real or fictitious, in a manner reasonably likely to cause another person to believe the content is authentic.