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RSA 5-D:1 · Definitions

Title: I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter: 5-D · USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY STATE AGENCIES
Status: current
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5-D:1 Definitions. – In this chapter:

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"Artificial intelligence" or "AI" is the ability of a machine to display human-like capabilities for cognitive tasks such as reasoning, learning, planning, and creativity. AI systems may adapt their behavior to a certain degree by analyzing the effects of previous actions and operating under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight.

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"Generative AI" is AI that can generate text, images, or other media in response to prompts.

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"Deepfake" means a video, audio, or any other media of a person in which his or her face, body, or voice has been digitally altered so that he or she appears to be someone else, he or she appears to be saying something that he or she has never said, or he or she appears to be doing something that he or she has never done.

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"State agency" means any department, commission, board, institution, bureau, office, law enforcement, or other entity, by whatever name called, including the legislative and judicial branches of state government, established in the state constitution, statutes, session laws or executive orders. Source. 2024, 209:1, eff. July 1, 2024.

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Source. 2024, 209:1, eff. July 1, 2024.

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2024, 209:1, eff. July 1, 2024

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