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The bill strengthens protections against AI‑generated impersonation and misleading official‑sounding content to protect the public and government employees, but does so with broad definitions and criminal penalties that create legal uncertainty and compliance risks for creators, developers, and publishers.
General public and taxpayers: experience reduced exposure to materially false, official‑sounding content from generative AI because the law deters misuse designed to mislead people about government communications or authority.
Federal officers and employees: face a lower risk that generative AI will be used to impersonate them and fraudulently exploit their authority.
Tech workers and creators: could face criminal penalties (fines and up to three years imprisonment) for borderline or accidental uses of AI, risking harsh punishment without clear intent standards.
Tech workers and publishers: face legal uncertainty because broad statutory definitions (e.g., of "artificial intelligence" and "impersonates") make it unclear which uses are lawful, potentially chilling development and publication.
Tech workers and creators (including satirists and commentators): may incur compliance burdens to add clear disclaimers or other labeling to AI‑assisted content to avoid prosecution, which could hinder creative and critical expression.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly use AI to impersonate a U.S. officer or employee without a clear disclaimer when the content is materially false or misleading.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Yassamin Ansari · Last progress July 23, 2025
Creates a federal crime for knowingly using artificial intelligence to impersonate a U.S. officer or employee (including mimicking voice or likeness) without an explicit disclaimer when that use produces materially false or misleading content. Violations carry a fine, up to three years in prison, or both, while clearly labeled satire, parody, or other First Amendment-protected expression is preserved when a clear disclosure that the content is not authentic is included. Also adds definitions of “artificial intelligence” and “impersonates” to the criminal statute and includes a severability clause so remaining provisions stay in force if part of the law is struck down.