WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 1 REQUIREMENT TYPE
How Is This Bill Enforced
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(a) 1 Any and all video, image, or photography generated by artificial intelligenceartificial intelligence"artificial intelligence" or "AI" means a machine-based system that undertakes analysis, reasoning and problem-solving, and that can be used to generate predictions, recommendations, photographs, videos, or other content.R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-47-2.1(b) or "AI" that is uploaded, created, distributed or originated from within the State of Rhode Island and is posted on or to a public platform or that is posted from outside of the State of Rhode Island and is viewable in Rhode Island shall contain a marking disclosing that the video image or photograph has been generated by AI.
(b) As used in this section "artificial intelligenceartificial intelligence"artificial intelligence" or "AI" means a machine-based system that undertakes analysis, reasoning and problem-solving, and that can be used to generate predictions, recommendations, photographs, videos, or other content.R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-47-2.1(b)" or "AI" means a machine-based system that undertakes analysis, reasoning and problem-solving, and that can be used to generate predictions, recommendations, photographs, videos, or other content.
(c) 1 Any person or entity violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section for profit, or for trade as defined in § 6-13.1-1, shall be deemed to have engaged in a deceptive trade practice in violation of chapter 13.1 of title 6 and shall be subject to a civil penalty pursuant to the provisions of §6-13.1-8.
This section imposes a single core obligation: all AI-generated video, image, or photography posted on a public platform and viewable in Rhode Island must carry a visible marking disclosing its AI origin. The geographic scope is broad — it covers content originating from within Rhode Island as well as content posted from outside the state if viewable in Rhode Island.
The enforcement mechanism piggybacks on Rhode Island's existing Deceptive Trade Practices Act: violations committed for profit or trade constitute deceptive trade practices under R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 6-13.1, with civil penalties under § 6-13.1-8. Notably, the bill does not prescribe what form the marking must take, does not require machine-readable provenance metadata, and does not address text or audio AI-generated content — only video, image, and photography.
This act shall take effect upon passage.
This section provides that the act takes effect upon passage. No delayed operative date or phased implementation is specified.