Montana Title 13. Elections § 13-35-801. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1)(a) “AI-generated content” means image, video, audio, multimedia, or text content that is substantially created or modified by generative artificial intelligence in a manner that materially alters the meaning or significance that a reasonable person understands from the content.

(b) The term does not include image, video, audio, multimedia, or text content that is minimally edited, adjusted, or enhanced by generative artificial intelligence in a manner that does not materially alter the meaning or significance that a reasonable person understands from the content.

(2) “Candidate” has the same meaning as provided in 13-1-101(8) and, for the purposes of this part, also includes an incumbent or current officeholder.

(3) “Deepfake” means AI-generated content or synthetic media that depicts a candidate or political party with the intent to injure the reputation of the candidate or party or otherwise deceive a voter. A deepfake:

(a) appears to a reasonable person to depict an individual saying or doing something that did not occur in reality; or

(b) provides a reasonable person a fundamentally different understanding or impression of the appearance, action, or speech than a reasonable person would have from the unaltered, original version of the image, audio recording, or video recording.

(4) “Generative artificial intelligence” means an artificial intelligence system capable of generating novel image, video, audio, multimedia, or text content based on prompts or other forms of data provided by a person.

(5) “Synthetic media” means an image, audio recording, or video recording of an individual's appearance, speech, or conduct that has been created or intentionally manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false image, audio, or video.

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