Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 117 — Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks
§ 9202. NSF support of research on manipulated or synthesized content and information security
Statutory text
The Director of the National Science Foundation, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, shall support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on manipulated or synthesized content and information authenticity, which may include—
fundamental research on digital forensic tools or other technologies for verifying the authenticity of information and detection of manipulated or synthesized content, including content generated by generative adversarial networks;
fundamental research on technical tools for identifying manipulated or synthesized content, such as watermarking systems for generated media;
social and behavioral research related to manipulated or synthesized content, including human engagement with the content;
research on public understanding and awareness of manipulated and synthesized content, including research on best practices for educating the public to discern authenticity of digital content; and
research awards coordinated with other federal agencies and programs, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency,1 with coordination enabled by the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be “Activity,”.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act
Pub. L. 116–258 § 3 · 134 Stat. 1150
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 9202
(Pub. L. 116–258, § 3, Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1151.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–258, § 3, Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1151.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3. NSF SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON MANIPULATED OR SYNTHESIZED CONTENT AND INFORMATION SECURITY. The Director Consultation. of the National Science Foundation, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, shall support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on manipulated or synthesized content and information authenticity, which may include— (1) fundamental research on digital forensic tools or other technologies for verifying the authenticity of information and detection of manipulated or synthesized content, including content generated by generative adversarial networks; (2) fundamental research on technical tools for identifying manipulated or synthesized content, such as watermarking systems for generated media; (3) social and behavioral research related to manipulated or synthesized content, including human engagement with the content; (4) research on public understanding and awareness of manipulated and synthesized content, including research on best practices for educating the public to discern authenticity of digital content; and (5) research awards coordinated with other federal agencies and programs, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency, with coordination enabled by the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision