NY State Senate Bill 2023-S9542

Senate Bill S9542

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the publication of newspaper, magazine, or periodical which was wholly or partially produced or edited through the use of artificial intelligence without significant human oversight

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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- 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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May 16, 2024	referred to consumer protection

2023-S9542 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §338, Gen Bus L

2023-S9542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the publication of a digital or physical newspaper, magazine, or periodical which was wholly or partially produced or edited through the use of artificial intelligence without significant human oversight.

2023-S9542 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9542

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
publication of a digital or physical newspaper, magazine, or periodical
which was wholly or partially produced or edited through the use of
artificial intelligence without significant human oversight

 
PURPOSE:

To prohibit the publication of newspaper, magazine, or periodical which
was produced or edited through the use of artificial intelligence with-
out significant human oversight

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the general business law by adding new section 338
which prohibits the publishing of a digital or physical newspaper, maga-
zine, or periodical wholly or partially edited with the use of artifi-
cial intelligence without human oversight.

Section 2. Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate content without
significant human oversight is quickly becoming a part of today's infor-
mation ecosystem. Generative AI has been shown to produce inaccurate and
biased information, making the use of AI especially dangerous in publi-
cations where people get their news and have a reasonable expectation of
consuming fact-based information. The use of AI in media also threatens
thousands of jobs from reporters to copy editors.

This legislation would require significant human involvement in the
publishing of a digital or physical newspaper, magazine, or periodical.
Fostering accountability in the use of generative AI would benefit
consumers and content creators alike.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2023-S9542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9542
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 prohibiting the
   publication of a digital or physical newspaper, magazine,  or  period-
   ical  which was wholly or partially produced or edited through the use
   of artificial intelligence without significant human oversight
 
   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 NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, AND PERIODICALS; GENERA-
 TIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DISCLOSURE. 1. NOTHING SHALL  BE  PUBLISHED
 WITHIN  A  DIGITAL  OR PHYSICAL NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, OR PERIODICAL WHICH
 WAS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY PRODUCED OR EDITED THROUGH THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL
 INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT HUMAN OVERSIGHT.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "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:
   (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; 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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15637-01-4

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