SB 1235: Public postsecondary education: Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Working Group.

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 an unspecified California State University, Long Beach, in consultation with other public institution institutions of higher education education, to establish the Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Working Group to evaluate and advise the Legislature and the public on the relevant issues and impacts of artificial intelligence and deepfakes, as provided. 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 require authorize California State University, Long Beach to include, as part of the working group to consist of group, at least one representative of 9 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 groups research and findings related to the relevant issues and impacts of artificial intelligence and deepfakes evaluated by the working group, as specified.