Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to study and report each year on how terrorist groups use generative AI—tools that can create images, videos, audio, text, and other content. Within 180 days of the law taking effect, and then yearly for five years, DHS must assess recent incidents where terrorists used or tried to use generative AI to spread violent extremist messages, recruit people to violence, or help with chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons—and recommend ways to reduce these risks . The unclassified parts of these reports must be posted online for the public to read, and DHS must coordinate to protect people’s privacy and civil rights . DHS also has to review and share related information with state and local fusion centers to help them and their communities stay informed. Congress states that this threat is growing and not well understood, and calls on DHS and the intelligence community to recognize, assess, and address it.

Key points

• Who is affected: DHS; state and local fusion centers; the public (who can read unclassified reports).
• What changes: Annual DHS assessments on terrorist use of generative AI, with recommendations; privacy and civil rights protections; public posting; information sharing with fusion centers .
• When: First report due within 180 days after enactment, then annually for five years.