United States of America: Act amending Kansas Statutes to regulate images generated by Artificial Intelligence in the context of child exploitation (HB 2183) including data protection regulation was passed by Kansas House of Representatives

On 20 February 2025, the Act amending Kansas Statutes to regulate images generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of child exploitation and breach of privacy was passed by the Kansas House of Representatives. The Act expands breach of privacy offences to include AI-generated or digitally altered explicit depictions of minors. Breach of privacy is defined as knowingly and without lawful authority intercepting or divulging private communications, surreptitiously listening to conversations, using devices to record or amplify sounds from private places, and intercepting wire or wireless communications without consent. It also includes using cameras to record identifiable persons without consent, disseminating such recordings, and sharing explicit images of adults without their consent, including AI-altered depictions.