; (II) refers to a candidate at any time during the period beginning 120 days before the date of a primary election or nominating caucus or convention and ending on the date on which a general election occurs; or (III) solicits a contribution for a candidate or political committee or any other person who makes disbursements for communications described in subclause (I) or (II). (ii) Voice and likeness A communication that invokes the likeness or voice of a candidate shall be treated as a communication that refers to such candidate. (B) Generative artificial intelligence The term generative artificial intelligence means artificial intelligence technology that uses machine learning (including deep-learning models, natural language processing, or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity) to generate text, images, audio, video, or other media. (C) Substantially generated by artificial intelligence (i) In general The term substantially generated by artificial intelligence means an image, audio, or video that was created or materially altered using generative artificial intelligence. (ii) Exception Such term does not include an image, audio, or video that— (I) has only minor alterations by generative artificial intelligence (including cosmetic adjustments, color editing, cropping, resizing, and other immaterial uses)