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This bill, titled the "AI Non-Sentience and Responsibility Act," establishes new legal frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI) in Missouri, clarifying that AI systems are not sentient and cannot possess legal personhood, consciousness, or self-awareness, thus prohibiting them from holding personal legal status like marriage or serving in corporate leadership roles. It defines "artificial intelligence" broadly as software or systems capable of simulating human cognitive functions and influencing real-world decisions, and clarifies terms like "developer," "manufacturer," and "operator" to assign responsibility. The bill holds owners and users directly liable for harm caused by AI, with developers and manufacturers potentially liable for design or manufacturing defects, and explicitly states that AI systems cannot bear fault or liability themselves, voiding any contractual attempts to shift blame solely to the AI. It also mandates that owners and operators maintain reasonable oversight and risk controls for AI systems that could impact human welfare or public safety, and requires prompt notification to the attorney general in case of reportable incidents involving significant harm or risk. Furthermore, the bill introduces specific regulations for generative AI, requiring disclaimers on political advertisements that use AI to depict real people in fabricated actions or manipulate their speech, and mandates that such disclaimers be clearly visible and audible, with accompanying metadata. Finally, it creates criminal offenses for producing or threatening to disclose "deepfakes," particularly "intimate deepfakes," which are defined as manipulated media depicting individuals in sexually explicit ways or revealing sensitive body parts, with penalties ranging from a Class E felony to a Class B felony depending on the nature of the deepfake.

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https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=469