Duty LXD-5877
Generates audio with AI, in New Hampshire
Synthetic Media and Deceptive and Fraudulent Deepfakes in Electionssince 3 lines
RSA 664:14-c · Read the law's page
- Do not distribute a deepfake of a candidate, election official, or party on the ballot within 90 days of an election, unless you disclose that the media was manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence.
- Use the exact disclosure wording the statute prescribes, sized or paced so an average viewer or listener will notice it.
- A targeted candidate or election official may sue for damages; this does not apply to an interactive computer service host, a recipient with no reason to know the material was a deepfake, qualifying news coverage, or paid political ads that keep their sponsor's disclaimer.
Fraudulent Use of Deepfakessince 3 lines
RSA 638:26-a; RSA 507:8-j · Read the law's page
- Do not knowingly create, distribute, or present a deepfake of an identifiable person for the purpose of embarrassing, harassing, entrapping, defaming, extorting, or otherwise causing that person financial or reputational harm.
- A person harmed by a violation may sue you for damages under a separate civil action, in addition to criminal prosecution.
- This does not reach an interactive computer service displaying another party's content, a bona fide news report that discloses the deepfake's questionable authenticity, a paid political communication that keeps its sponsor's own disclaimer, or satire or parody not reliant on AI impersonation.
AI Chatbot Solicitation of Childrensince 4 lines
RSA 639:3, III-a; RSA 507:8-k · Read the law's page
- Do not operate an AI chatbot or other generative-communication application that, knowing it is directing a communication to a child, facilitates, encourages, offers, solicits, or recommends that the child imminently engage in sexually explicit conduct, illegal drug or alcohol use, self-harm or suicide, or violence against another person.
- A violation is prosecuted as a misdemeanor, not a felony, under RSA 639:3, III-a.
- The attorney general, not the child or a parent directly, holds the sole right to bring a civil action against you for a violation, seeking damages with a floor of $1,000 per violation.
- This does not reach a cloud, telecommunications, or information service provider handling another party's content, or an AI chat feature that is incidental to a video game, streaming service, or similar entertainment product.