Assembly Bill A6874

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A6874 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §115, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10556

2025-A6874 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act which establishes an artificial intelligence literacy in the digital equity competitive grant program.

2025-A6874 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6874
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TORRES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing an arti-
   ficial intelligence literacy in the digital equity  competitive  grant
   program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature, as well as the United
 States congress, finds that:
   (1) Artificial intelligence is transformative technology.
   (2) Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly ubiquitous making
 artificial intelligence literacy important.
   (3) Technological leadership in artificial intelligence is an economic
 and national security imperative.
   (4) Effective artificial intelligence literacy  initiatives  encompass
 not  only  technical training but also comprehensive education about the
 potential benefits and risks.
   (5) Informed developers and consumers of artificial intelligence tech-
 nologies can help mitigate risks and biases often found in systems  that
 use artificial intelligence.
   (6)  Basic  artificial  intelligence  literacy is critical to ensuring
 Americans have the tools and knowledge needed to  navigate  the  economy
 and digital world.
   (7)  Successful  artificial  intelligence  literacy  initiatives  will
 prepare Americans of all ages and technical backgrounds to safely  navi-
 gate  artificial  intelligence tools and artificial intelligence-enabled
 technologies.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08797-02-5
 A. 6874                             2
 
              

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