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Pennsylvania mandates AI labels on ads
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Why it matters
- →Pennsylvania joins a small group of states implementing specific AI disclosure laws for commercial content.
- →The extraterritorial scope means out-of-state advertisers must comply if their ads air in Pennsylvania.
- →Ambiguous terms like 'significantly modified' and 'evidently fictional' create enforcement challenges for regulators.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act into law on Thursday, requiring disclosures for AI-generated advertisements. The legislation mandates that any ad—whether image, video, audio, or text—that has been significantly modified or generated by artificial intelligence must include a label in the same format as the ad itself. This requirement applies to all ads aired in Pennsylvania, including those produced out-of-state. The law includes carve-outs for parody, satire, commentary, criticism, and content that is 'evidently fictional,' though definitions for these terms remain unclear.
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- 1Google Labels AI-Generated Ads for Transparency
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- 2EU AI Act Article 50 transparency rules enforced
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