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| State/Terr | AI Scope | Relevant Law | Law Link | Effective Date | Key Requirements | Enforcements & Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | AI CSAM | Amendment of Georgia CSAM Law | SB 466 | 7/1/2024 | • Clarifies that claiming CSAM was adapted or modified to appear as though an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct is not a defense to existing CSAM laws. | Existing criminal penalties apply. |
| Georgia | User-Facing AI | An ACT concerning Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services | SB 540 | 7/1/2027 | • Requires operators of a "companion chatbot" to: - Clearly and conspicuously disclose to a user that he or she is interacting with an AI companion chatbot and not a person both at the beginning of each interaction / session and at least every 3 hours during continued interaction; - Implement, maintain and a protocol for detecting and addressing sever harm or related emotional crises. - Refrain from representing that the chatbot is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized to provide professional mental health, behavioral health, medical, or counseling services (unless lawfully authorized to do so). - Use a commercially reasonable age assurance method when generating synthetic content containing sexually explicit conduct. - Implement measures where the operator knows or should have known a user is a minor (under 18), including to disclose that the user is interacting with AI every 1 hour and to institute reasonable measures to prevent the bot from making statements that would lead a person to think they are interacting with a human, producing visual material of sexually explicit conduct, generating statements that sexually objectify the user or suggest the user engage in sexual conduct, simulating a romantic or sexual relationship with the user, role-playing adult-minor romantic relationships, encouraging the minor to keep secrets from trusted adults, encouraging social isolation or exclusive reliance on the chatbot for emotional support, simulating emotional distress, guilt, abandonment, or loneliness in certain circumstances, or generating statements encouraging self-harm. | • Civil penalty up to $10,000 per violation. |
| Georgia | AI in Insurance | Private Review Agents | SB 444 | 1/1/2027 | • Permits private review agents and utilization review entities to use AI provided such tools are a part of a utilization review plan that is otherwise in accordance with the standards set by law. • Permits AI to be used to automate tasks, reduce administrative burdens, participate in decision-making processes, and perform other lawful functions; provided the systems do not issue an adverse determination to a patient until a natural person qualifying as a private review agent or a utilization review entity conducts a utilization review in which a clinical peer participates. | Existing penalties for private review and utilization review standards. |
| Georgia | AI Intimate Images | Prohibition on Nude or Sexually Explicit Electronic Transmissions | Ga. Code § 16-11-90 | 5/2/2022 | • Expands the definition of non-consensual nude or sexually explicit electronic transmissions to include “falsely created videographic or still images.” | Existing criminal penalties apply. |
Which states have AI laws in effect today? This tracker summarizes key AI laws that may impact your business.
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