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                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Ta</ns0:AuthorText>
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                <ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 11549.66 of the Government Code, relating to artificial intelligence.</ns0:Title>
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                        <ns0:Subject>State agencies or departments: public communications.</ns0:Subject>
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                        <html:p>Existing law requires a state agency or department that utilizes generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to directly communicate with a person regarding government services and benefits to ensure that those communications include a disclaimer that indicates to the person that the communication was generated by GenAI, as specified, and information describing how a person may contact a human employee of the state agency or department.</html:p>
                        <html:p>This bill would instead require that disclaimer when a state agency or department communicates with the public.</html:p>
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                <ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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                                Section 11549.66 of the
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                                 is amended to read:
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                                                        <html:p>A state agency or department that utilizes GenAI to communicate with the public shall ensure that those communications include both of the following:</html:p>
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                                                                A disclaimer that indicates to the person that the communication was generated by GenAI pursuant to all of the following:
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                                                                For written communications involving physical and digital media, including letters, email, and other occasional messages, the disclaimer shall appear prominently at the start of each communication.
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                                                                For written communications involving continuous online interactions, including interactions with chatbots, the disclaimer shall be prominently displayed throughout the interaction.
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                                                                For audio communications, the disclaimer shall be provided orally at the start and end of the interaction.
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                                                                For video communications, the disclaimer shall be prominently
                                  displayed throughout the interaction.
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                                                                (b)
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                                                                Information, or a link to an internet website containing information, describing how
                                  a person may contact a human employee of the state agency or department.
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