AI Laws in Casper, Wyoming
AI Laws USA tracks 17 AI rules that apply to people and businesses in Casper, Wyoming: 10+ federal rules, 7 Wyoming state-level rules (no Casper-specific ordinances are indexed yet). Coverage is strongest on AI-generated images, children's online safety, consumer protection, and non-consensual intimate imagery. 7 of these rules are already in effect. Each entry below links to its official source.
Casper local AI rules (and Natrona County)
No city- or county-specific AI ordinances are currently indexed for Casper, Wyoming.
- No local entries yet: we don't currently index any Casper-specific AI ordinances. Federal and Wyoming state rules still apply throughout the city. Have we missed something? Email feedback@ailawsusa.com.
Wyoming-level AI rules
7 Wyoming state rules apply to residents and businesses in Casper. Sorted strongest first.
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In effect Strength: limited
Wyo. Stat. 6-4-308 (felony to build/distribute AI systems made to create child porn)
Wyoming · Effective July 1, 2026 · Wyo. Stat. Ann. 6-4-308; see also 6-4-303(b); 2026 Wyo. Sess. Laws (HB0102 / HEA 32)
This new Wyoming crime targets AI systems built specifically to generate child sexual abuse material. It is a felony to knowingly develop or distribute an AI system designed to create, distribute, or promote child pornography or synthetic sexual material, when done with intent or knowledge that others will use it that way. General-purpose tools that produce such content only from user prompts, and bona fide educational, library, law enforcement, and platform activity, are exempted. A companion amendment to 6-4-303 also makes using AI to generate child pornography, or possessing AI-generated child pornography, a felony.
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In effect Strength: limited
Wyo. Stat. 6-4-303 (child-porn definition covers computer-generated images)
Wyoming · Effective July 1, 2005 · Wyo. Stat. Ann. 6-4-303(a)(ii), (b)-(e)
Wyoming's child sexual exploitation crime defines prohibited material to include not just photos and video but also any 'computer or computer-generated image or picture' of a child engaged in explicit sexual conduct. Because the definition reaches images that depict a child or someone virtually indistinguishable from a child, it can cover synthetic or computer-generated depictions even where no specific real child was photographed.
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In effect Strength: limited
WY NCII Deepfake Law
Wyoming · Effective July 1, 2024 · Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-306 (2024 ed.), amended by HB0078, 2024 Wyo. Gen. Sess., eff. July 1, 2024
Wyoming's intimate image statute was amended in 2024 to explicitly include computer-generated images that purport to represent an identifiable person, covering AI deepfakes. Nonconsensual dissemination is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine.
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In effect Strength: limited
Wyo. Stat. 6-4-306 (revenge-porn law covers computer-generated images)
Wyoming · Effective July 1, 2021 · Wyo. Stat. Ann. 6-4-306(a)(iii); 2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws (HB0085)
This 2021 Wyoming law makes it a crime for an adult to share someone's intimate image without consent when the person had a reasonable expectation it would stay private. The definition of a covered 'image' expressly includes a 'computer generated image' that purports to represent an identifiable person, so fabricated or digitally generated intimate depictions fall within its scope. The offense is a misdemeanor.
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In effect Strength: limited
Wyo. Stat. 6-4-701 (felony to build/distribute AI systems meant to promote self-harm)
Wyoming · Effective July 1, 2026 · Wyo. Stat. Ann. 6-4-701; 2026 Wyo. Sess. Laws (HB0102 / HEA 32)
This new Wyoming crime targets AI systems built to encourage people to hurt themselves. It is a felony to knowingly develop or distribute an AI system specifically designed to promote self-harm, when done with intent or knowledge that others will use it that way. 'Self-harm' covers self-directed behavior causing or risking bodily injury, serious bodily injury, or death. Prompt-only systems, bona fide education, law enforcement, licensed health care, and platform hosting are exempted.
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In effect Strength: limited
Wyo. Stat. 1-1-143 (AI developers shielded from civil liability for others' misuse)
Wyoming · Effective July 1, 2026 · Wyo. Stat. Ann. 1-1-143; 2026 Wyo. Sess. Laws (HB0102 / HEA 32)
This Wyoming provision shields the developer of an AI system from civil damages when a different person uses that system to commit illegal acts or cause harm. The protection does not apply if the system was built knowing or intending that its primary purpose would be illegal or illicit activity.
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In effect Strength: limited
Wyo. Stat. 6-1-206 (using AI to commit a crime is no defense)
Wyoming · Effective July 1, 2026 · Wyo. Stat. Ann. 6-1-206; 2026 Wyo. Sess. Laws (HB0102 / HEA 32)
This Wyoming rule confirms that the criminal code applies to conduct carried out with the help of an AI system, and makes clear that using an AI system to commit a crime is not a defense to a criminal charge. A defendant cannot escape liability by arguing the AI, rather than the person, did the act.
Federal AI rules that apply in Casper, Wyoming
These federal rules apply everywhere in the United States, including Casper, Wyoming. Showing the 10 strongest and most recent.
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In effect Strength: stronger
TVA data center capacity commitment charge (2026)
Tennessee Valley Authority · Effective October 1, 2026 · Tenn. Valley Auth. Bd. of Dirs. — Data Center Capacity Commitment Charge (approved Aug. 20, 2026; eff. Oct. 1, 2026)
The Tennessee Valley Authority's Board of Directors approved a separate, higher wholesale rate for data centers on August 20, 2026, effective October 1. New or expanding data center loads above 5 megawatts now fall under a Capacity Commitment Charge attached to TVA's data center rate schedules, designed to recover the incremental capacity costs those customers impose on the system. The headline figures are substantial: upfront capacity commitment charges of roughly $1.5 million per megawatt, payable over three to five years, and an all-in average billing increase for data center customers of about 10%, phased in across three consecutive fiscal years. The stated purpose is to keep residential rates low while still serving growing data center demand. TVA matters here out of proportion to a single utility. It is a federal corporate agency supplying power across seven states, so this is not a state rate case but a regional cost-allocation decision reaching a large share of the Southeast — and TVA is among the first large US utilities to adopt a tariff aimed specifically at AI-driven load. Where most 2026 measures in this dataset restrict where data centers may be built, this one changes what they pay to run.
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In effect Strength: stronger
Bartz v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. · Effective September 5, 2025 · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.)
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic over its use of pirated-book datasets to train Claude. In June 2025 Judge William Alsup ruled that training on lawfully purchased books was fair use. The piracy claims (LibGen ingestion) proceeded toward settlement; in September 2025 Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion class settlement covering ~500,000 works. Judge Alsup granted preliminary approval September 25, 2025 and final approval July 20, 2026. The appeal period runs through August 19, 2026; class members will not receive payments until at least end of 2026.
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In effect Strength: stronger
COPPA + 2025 Rule (childrens data)
United States · Effective June 23, 2025 · 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506; 16 C.F.R. Part 312
COPPA requires online services aimed at children under 13 to get verifiable parental consent before collecting kids' personal data. The 2025 rule update — fully in effect since April 22, 2026 — adds biometric identifiers (like face templates and voiceprints, which matter for AI tools), requires separate parental consent before sharing children's data for targeted advertising, and tightens data retention limits.
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In effect Strength: stronger
TAKE IT DOWN Act
United States · Effective May 19, 2025 · Pub. L. No. 119-12 (S. 146)
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate images of someone without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. Social media and similar platforms must give victims a way to request removal and must take the content (and known copies) down within 48 hours. The platform removal requirement became enforceable May 19, 2026, and the FTC has already begun enforcement.
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Blocked / in litigation
NetChoice v. Yost (Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · Effective April 16, 2025 · NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 2:24-cv-00047 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 16, 2025)
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was preliminarily enjoined on February 12, 2024, then permanently enjoined on April 16, 2025 when the district court granted summary judgment for NetChoice. The state appealed to the Sixth Circuit, which vacated the district court's injunction in 2026.
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In effect Strength: stronger
Thaler v. Perlmutter (Copyright)
D.C. Cir. · Effective March 18, 2025 · Thaler v. Perlmutter, 130 F.4th 1039 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
The companion copyright case: Stephen Thaler sought to register a copyright with 'Creativity Machine' (his AI) as the author. The D.C. Circuit affirmed in March 2025 that the Copyright Act's human-authorship requirement is dispositive as a matter of statutory law. AI cannot be a copyright author under U.S. law.
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In effect Strength: stronger
Louis v. SafeRent
D. Mass. · Effective November 20, 2024 · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
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In effect Strength: stronger
FTC Impersonation Rule (AI)
United States · Effective April 1, 2024 · 16 C.F.R. Part 461; 89 Fed. Reg. 15017
The FTC's Impersonation Rule lets the agency directly sue scammers who pretend to be a government agency or a real business — including those who use AI-cloned voices or generated images to do so. Civil penalties can reach $53,088 per violation. The FTC also issued a supplemental notice in February 2024 proposing to extend the rule to all individual impersonation.
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In effect Strength: stronger
FTC v. Rite Aid
FTC · Effective February 26, 2024 · FTC v. Rite Aid Corp., No. 2:23-cv-05023 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 19, 2023)
The FTC banned Rite Aid from using facial-recognition technology in its stores for five years after finding the pharmacy chain's FRT system falsely tagged customers — disproportionately women and people of color — as shoplifters, leading to wrongful detentions and humiliations.
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In effect Strength: stronger
TCPA (AI voice calls)
United States · Effective February 8, 2024 · 47 U.S.C. § 227; FCC 24-17
Robocalls using AI-cloned or AI-generated voices are treated like other 'artificial voice' calls: callers need your prior express consent, must identify themselves, and must offer opt-outs for telemarketing. You can personally sue violators for $500 to $1,500 per illegal call.
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