SB 1235

Bill Subjects

Artificial Intelligence And Deepfake Working Group Public Postsecondary Education

Abstract

Existing law requires the Secretary of Government Operations, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to evaluate, among other things, the impact the proliferation of deepfakes, as defined, has on state government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state, and the risks, including privacy risks, associated with the deployment of digital content forgery technologies and deepfakes on state and local government, California-based businesses, and residents of the state. Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the public segments of postsecondary education in the state. This bill would require California State University, Long Beach, in consultation with other public institutions of higher education, to establish the Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Working Group, and authorize California State University, Long Beach to develop a scoping plan in the first year to establish the topics that may be evaluated by, and the stakeholders that may be included in, the working group. The bill would authorize California State University, Long Beach to include, as part of the working group, at least one representative of 10 specified interests, the Secretary of the Government Operations Agency, the Executive Director of the California Privacy Protection Agency, and the Secretary of State, or their designees. The bill would require the working group, on or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to submit a report to the Legislature on the working group's research and findings related to the relevant issues and impacts of artificial intelligence and deepfakes evaluated by the working group, as specified.