NY State Assembly Bill 2023-A8098

Assembly Bill A8098

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires publishers of books created with the use of generative artificial intelligence to contain a disclosure of such use

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to consumer affairs and protection
Dec 13, 2023	print number 8098a
Dec 13, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to consumer affairs and protection
Sep 29, 2023	referred to consumer affairs and protection

Bill Amendments

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2023-A8098 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §392-k, Gen Bus L

2023-A8098 - Summary

Requires publishers of books created wholly or partially with the use of generative artificial intelligence to disclose such use of generative artificial intelligence before the completion of such sale; applies to all printed and digital books consisting of text, pictures, audio, puzzles, games or any combination thereof.

2023-A8098 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8098
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   online sellers of books created with the use of generative  artificial
   intelligence to contain a disclosure of such use

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 392-k to read as follows:
   § 392-K. SALE OF  BOOKS  ONLINE;  GENERATIVE  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE
 DISCLOSURE. 1. A SELLER OF ANY BOOK THAT WAS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY CREATED
 THROUGH  THE  USE  OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BY MEANS OF AN
 ONLINE DELIVERY SALE, TO A BUYER LOCATED IN THIS STATE, SHALL  CONSPICU-
 OUSLY DISCLOSE TO SUCH BUYER BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF SUCH ONLINE DELIV-
 ERY  SALE  THAT SUCH BOOK WAS CREATED WITH THE USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFI-
 CIAL INTELLIGENCE.
   2. BOOKS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT
 NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  ALL PRINTED AND DIGITAL BOOKS, REGARDLESS OF SUCH
 BOOKS' TARGET AGE GROUP  OR  AUDIENCE,  CONSISTING  OF  TEXT,  PICTURES,
 AUDIO, PUZZLES, GAMES OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
   3.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" SHALL MEAN THE USE OF MACHINE
 LEARNING TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE, AUTOMATION,  AND  ALGORITHMS  TO  PERFORM
 TASKS,  TO MAKE RULES AND/OR PREDICTIONS BASED ON EXISTING DATA SETS AND
 INSTRUCTIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) ANY ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS TASKS UNDER VARYING AND UNPRE-
 DICTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT HUMAN OVERSIGHT, OR THAT  CAN
 LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE WHEN EXPOSED TO DATA SETS;
   (II)  AN  ARTIFICIAL  SYSTEM  DEVELOPED IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE, PHYSICAL
 HARDWARE, OR  OTHER  CONTEXT  THAT  SOLVES  TASKS  REQUIRING  HUMAN-LIKE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11890-02-3

 A. 8098                             2
 
 PERCEPTION,  COGNITION,  PLANNING,  LEARNING, COMMUNICATION, OR PHYSICAL
 ACTION;
   (III)  AN  ARTIFICIAL  SYSTEM  DESIGNED  TO THINK OR ACT LIKE A HUMAN,
 INCLUDING COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES AND NEURAL NETWORKS;
   (IV) A SET OF TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING MACHINE LEARNING, THAT IS DESIGNED
 TO APPROXIMATE A COGNITIVE TASK; AND/OR
   (V) AN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM DESIGNED  TO  ACT  RATIONALLY,  INCLUDING  AN
 INTELLIGENT  SOFTWARE  AGENT OR EMBODIED ROBOT THAT ACHIEVES GOALS USING
 PERCEPTION,  PLANNING,  REASONING,  LEARNING,  COMMUNICATING,   DECISION
 MAKING, AND ACTING.
   (B)  "ONLINE  DELIVERY  SALE"  MEANS A TRANSACTION THAT RESULTS IN THE
 DELIVERY OF PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL GOODS PURCHASED ONLINE FROM A SELLER  TO
 A BUYER.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

2023-A8098A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §392-k, Gen Bus L

2023-A8098A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-A8098A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8098--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --  committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   publishers of books created with  the  use  of  generative  artificial
   intelligence to contain a disclosure of such use
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 338 to read as follows:
   § 338. PUBLISHING OF BOOKS; GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DISCLO-
 SURE. 1. ANY BOOK THAT WAS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY CREATED THROUGH  THE  USE
 OF  GENERATIVE  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE, PUBLISHED IN THIS STATE, SHALL
 CONSPICUOUSLY DISCLOSE UPON THE COVER OF THE BOOK, THAT  SUCH  BOOK  WAS
 CREATED WITH THE USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
   2.  BOOKS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO, ALL PRINTED AND DIGITAL  BOOKS,  REGARDLESS  OF  SUCH
 BOOKS'  TARGET  AGE  GROUP  OR  AUDIENCE,  CONSISTING OF TEXT, PICTURES,
 AUDIO, PUZZLES, GAMES OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "GENERATIVE  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLI-
 GENCE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  USE  OF MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE,
 AUTOMATION, AND ALGORITHMS  TO  PERFORM  TASKS,  TO  MAKE  RULES  AND/OR
 PREDICTIONS BASED ON EXISTING DATA SETS AND INSTRUCTIONS, INCLUDING, BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) ANY ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS TASKS UNDER VARYING AND UNPRE-
 DICTABLE  CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT HUMAN OVERSIGHT, OR THAT CAN
 LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE WHEN EXPOSED TO DATA SETS;
   (B) AN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM  DEVELOPED  IN  COMPUTER  SOFTWARE,  PHYSICAL
 HARDWARE,  OR  OTHER  CONTEXT  THAT  SOLVES  TASKS  REQUIRING HUMAN-LIKE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11890-03-3
 A. 8098--A                          2

 
 PERCEPTION, COGNITION, PLANNING, LEARNING,  COMMUNICATION,  OR  PHYSICAL
 ACTION;
   (C)  AN  ARTIFICIAL  SYSTEM  DESIGNED  TO  THINK  OR ACT LIKE A HUMAN,
 INCLUDING COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES AND NEURAL NETWORKS;
   (D) A SET OF TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING MACHINE LEARNING, THAT IS  DESIGNED
 TO APPROXIMATE A COGNITIVE TASK; AND/OR
   (E)  AN  ARTIFICIAL  SYSTEM  DESIGNED  TO ACT RATIONALLY, INCLUDING AN
 INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE AGENT OR EMBODIED ROBOT THAT ACHIEVES  GOALS  USING
 PERCEPTION,   PLANNING,  REASONING,  LEARNING,  COMMUNICATING,  DECISION
 MAKING, AND ACTING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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