Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to use a bot to communicate or interact with another person in this state online with the intent to mislead the other person about its artificial identity for the purposes of knowingly deceiving the person about the content of the communication in order to incentivize a purchase or sale of goods or services in a commercial transaction or to influence a vote in an election, unless the person using the bot discloses that it is a bot. Existing law defines a "bot" as an automated online account where all or substantially all of the actions or posts of that account are not the result of a person.
This bill would instead make it unlawful for any person to use a bot to communicate or interact with another person in this state online, unless the person using the bot discloses that it is a bot, and would require a person using a bot to disclose that it is a bot if asked or prompted by another person. The bill would redefine "bot" to mean an automated online account where all or substantially all of the actions or posts of that account are not the result of a person or are the result of generative artificial intelligence, as defined.

Statutes affected:
AB 410: 17940 BPC, 17941 BPC
02/04/25 - Introduced: 17940 BPC, 17941 BPC