House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Section 1.
Changes the definition of deepfake in new GS 14-459. Now includes that the image or audio or video recording be digitally altered or generated to inauthentically depict a natural person speaking or acting in a manner that the person did not actually speak or act such that a reasonable person would not know that the depiction is false (previously included that the image or audio or video recording appear to depict a natural person speaking or acting in a manner that the person did not actually speak or act). Adds an exclusion for a work of artistic or newsworthy value including commentary, criticism, satire, or parody. Adds interactive computer service to the defined terms, defined to mean any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the internet and the systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions. Removes previous subsection (d) authorizing the court to award the destruction of the deepfake for violations of the statute. Adds a new subsection granting immunity to interactive computer services, and providers and developers of technology used in the creation of a deepfake, used by a person in the commission of an offense under the statute. Makes organizational and clarifying changes.
Section 2.
Adds interactive computer service to the defined terms set forth in new GS 1-539.30, defined in the same way as the term is defined under new GS 14-459. Makes clarifying changes. Adds interactive computer services from to the entities that are immune from liability for damage to clients by learned professionals resulting from errors generated by an artificial intelligence product. Makes technical and clarifying changes.