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Assembly Bill A8158

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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2023-A8158 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7847
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §338, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S6748

2023-A8158 (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-A8158 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8158
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and 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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13443-01-3

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