NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7847

Senate Bill S7847

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires publications to identify when the use of artificial intelligence is present within such publication

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to consumer protection

2023-S7847 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8158
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §338, Gen Bus L

2023-S7847 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that every newspaper, magazine or other publication printed or electronically published in this state, which contains the use of generative artificial intelligence or other information communication technology, shall identify that certain parts of such newspaper, magazine, or publication were composed through the use of artificial intelligence or other information communication technology.

2023-S7847 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7847

SPONSOR: WEBB
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
publications to identify when the use of artificial intelligence is
present within such publication

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to require publishers of newspapers, maga-
zines or other periodical publications to disclose whether any portion
of such publication was created with the use of generative artificial
intelligence.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the General Business Law by adding a new section 338
which defines "generative artificial intelligence" and requires disclo-
sure by publishers of newspapers, publications, and other periodical
publications if an article, periodical, photograph, video, or other

visual image was created or published through the use of generative
artificial intelligence.

Section 2. Establishes an effective date of sixty days.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

"The use of artificial intelligence (Al) to generate content - including
articles, photographs, and videos - without significant human oversight
is already upending our information ecosystem.  Generative Al has been
shown to produce inaccurate information, feeding the cycle of disinfor-
mation, and consumers have no way of determining whether content has
been composed by Al.

This legislation would provide much-needed transparency in the use of
generative Al in media. It requires every newspaper, magazine, or other
periodically printed or electronically published media available in New
York to conspicuously imprint on the top of the page or webpage when
content was wholly or partially composed or authored using generative
Al, or other information communication technology. Fostering transparen-
cy and accountability in the use of generative Al would benefit consum-
ers and content creators alike."

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law shall take effect on the 60th day after it shall have become
law.

2023-S7847 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7847
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   publications  to  identify  when the use of artificial intelligence is
   present within such publication
 
   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.  GENERATIVE  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  USE  OF
 MACHINE  LEARNING  TECHNOLOGY,  SOFTWARE,  AUTOMATION, AND ALGORITHMS TO
 PERFORM TASKS OR 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
 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; 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. EVERY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE OR OTHER PUBLICATION PRINTED OR ELECTRON-
 ICALLY  PUBLISHED  IN THIS STATE, WHICH CONTAINS AN ARTICLE, PERIODICAL,
 PHOTOGRAPH, VIDEO OR OTHER VISUAL IMAGE WHICH WAS  WHOLLY  OR  PARTIALLY
 COMPOSED  OR  AUTHORED THROUGH THE USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
 GENCE OR OTHER INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13443-01-3
 S. 7847                             2
 
 IMPRINT ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE OR WEBPAGE OF SUCH PUBLICATION THAT  SUCH
 ARTICLE,  PERIODICAL,  PHOTOGRAPH,  VIDEO  OR  OTHER  VISUAL  IMAGE  WAS
 COMPOSED THROUGH THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR OTHER INFORMATION
 COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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