CREATOR

Any candidate, candidate campaign committee, political party, political action committee, other political committee or entity, any employee, representative, or agent of the foregoing, or any other person who prepares, creates, or causes the preparation or creation and the dissemination of any political advertising, material, or media produced by generative artificial intelligence. Excludes broadcasters, cable providers, digital newspapers, online services, internet service providers, streaming platforms, or developers of AI technology solely for distribution.

Any natural or legal person who uses artificial intelligence or other digital technology to generate synthetic media; the statutory definition expressly excludes providers of the underlying technology or tools used to create the media. The designation focuses regulatory obligations and potential liability on downstream authors, sponsors, and distributors of synthetic content rather than model/API vendors.

Any person that uses artificial intelligence or other digital technology to generate synthetic media; the statutory definition expressly excludes providers of the technology used. The term identifies actors subject to the statute's disclosure, civil, and criminal obligations.

Individuals or legal entities that generate deepfake content using artificial intelligence technologies, who bear responsibilities under the regulation to include required disclosures and may be subject to penalties for non-compliance.

The act also defines a 'creator' as a person who uses artificial intelligence to generate synthetic media, explicitly excluding individuals or entities that merely provide the underlying technology for such creation. This clarifies where responsibility lies under the law, focusing on the end-user or deployer of the AI for content generation.