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Assembly Bill A3411B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires notices on generative artificial intelligence systems

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2025-A3411 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S934
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-zzzzzz, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10103, S9450

2025-A3411 - Summary

Requires the owner, licensee or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system to conspicuously display a notice on the system's user interface that is reasonably calculated to consistently apprise the user that the outputs of the generative artificial intelligence system may be inaccurate.

2025-A3411 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3411
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  VANEL, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Science and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring warn-
   ings on generative artificial intelligence systems
 
   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
 399-zzzzzz to read as follows:
   §  399-ZZZZZZ. WARNINGS ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS.
 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE  FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN ANY ARTIFI-
 CIAL  INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM WHOSE PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO GENERATE CONTENT,
 WHICH CAN TAKE THE FORM OF CODE, TEXT, IMAGES, AND MORE.
   (B) "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" SHALL MEAN A MACHINE-BASED  SYSTEM  THAT
 CAN,  FOR  A  GIVEN  SET  OF HUMAN-DEFINED OBJECTIVES, MAKE PREDICTIONS,
 RECOMMENDATIONS, OR DECISIONS INFLUENCING REAL OR VIRTUAL  ENVIRONMENTS.
 ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE  SYSTEMS USE MACHINE- AND HUMAN-BASED INPUTS TO
 PERCEIVE REAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; ABSTRACT SUCH  PERCEPTIONS  INTO
 MODELS  THROUGH ANALYSIS IN AN AUTOMATED MANNER; AND USE MODEL INFERENCE
 TO FORMULATE OPTIONS FOR INFORMATION OR ACTION. THIS DEFINITION INCLUDES
 BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO SYSTEMS THAT USE MACHINE LEARNING, LARGE  LANGUAGE
 MODEL,  NATURAL  LANGUAGE  PROCESSING, AND COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGIES,
 INCLUDING GENERATIVE AI.
   2. THE OWNER, LICENSEE OR OPERATOR OF A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
 GENCE SYSTEM SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY A WARNING ON THE SYSTEM'S  USER
 INTERFACE THAT IS REASONABLY CALCULATED TO CONSISTENTLY APPRISE THE USER
 THAT THE OUTPUTS OF THE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM MAY BE
 INACCURATE AND/OR INAPPROPRIATE.
   3.  WHERE  SUCH OWNER, LICENSEE OR OPERATOR OF A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL
 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FAILS TO PROVIDE THE WARNING REQUIRED IN SUBDIVISION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01087-01-5

co-Sponsors

2025-A3411A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S934
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-zzzzzz, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10103, S9450

2025-A3411A - Summary

Requires the owner, licensee or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system to conspicuously display a notice on the system's user interface that is reasonably calculated to consistently apprise the user that the outputs of the generative artificial intelligence system may be inaccurate.

2025-A3411A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3411--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  VANEL, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Science and  Technology  --  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 warn-
   ings on generative artificial intelligence systems

   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
 399-zzzzzz to read as follows:
   §  399-ZZZZZZ. WARNINGS ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS.
 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE  FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A)  "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A CLASS OF
 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS THAT ARE SELF-SUPERVISED AND EMULATE  THE
 STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INPUT DATA TO GENERATE DERIVED SYNTHET-
 IC  CONTENT,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMAGES, VIDEOS, AUDIO, TEXT
 AND OTHER DIGITAL CONTENT.
   (B) "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" SHALL MEAN A MACHINE-BASED  SYSTEM  THAT
 CAN,  FOR  A  GIVEN  SET  OF HUMAN-DEFINED OBJECTIVES, MAKE PREDICTIONS,
 RECOMMENDATIONS, OR DECISIONS INFLUENCING REAL OR VIRTUAL  ENVIRONMENTS,
 AND  THAT  USES  MACHINE-  AND  HUMAN-BASED  INPUTS TO PERCEIVE REAL AND
 VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, ABSTRACT  SUCH  PERCEPTIONS  INTO  MODELS  THROUGH
 ANALYSIS  IN  AN  AUTOMATED MANNER, AND USE MODEL INFERENCE TO FORMULATE
 OPTIONS FOR INFORMATION OR ACTION. THIS DEFINITION INCLUDES BUT  IS  NOT
 LIMITED  TO  SYSTEMS  THAT  USE  MACHINE LEARNING, LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL,
 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, AND COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING
 GENERATIVE AI.
   2. THE OWNER, LICENSEE OR OPERATOR OF A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
 GENCE SYSTEM SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY A WARNING ON THE SYSTEM'S  USER
 INTERFACE THAT IS REASONABLY CALCULATED TO CONSISTENTLY APPRISE THE USER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01087-02-5

co-Sponsors

2025-A3411B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S934
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-zzzzzz, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10103, S9450

2025-A3411B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the owner, licensee or operator of a generative artificial intelligence system to conspicuously display a notice on the system's user interface that is reasonably calculated to consistently apprise the user that the outputs of the generative artificial intelligence system may be inaccurate.

2025-A3411B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3411--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  VANEL, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Science and  Technology  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported and
   referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee
   on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   notices on generative artificial intelligence systems
 
   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
 399-zzzzzz to read as follows:
   § 399-ZZZZZZ. NOTICES ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE  SYSTEMS.
 1.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A CLASS  OF
 ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE MODELS THAT ARE SELF-SUPERVISED AND EMULATE THE
 STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INPUT DATA TO GENERATE DERIVED SYNTHET-
 IC CONTENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMAGES, VIDEOS,  AUDIO,  TEXT
 AND OTHER DIGITAL CONTENT.
   (B)  "ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE" SHALL MEAN A MACHINE-BASED SYSTEM THAT
 CAN, FOR A GIVEN SET  OF  HUMAN-DEFINED  OBJECTIVES,  MAKE  PREDICTIONS,
 RECOMMENDATIONS,  OR DECISIONS INFLUENCING REAL OR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS,
 AND THAT USES MACHINE- AND  HUMAN-BASED  INPUTS  TO  PERCEIVE  REAL  AND
 VIRTUAL  ENVIRONMENTS,  ABSTRACT  SUCH  PERCEPTIONS  INTO MODELS THROUGH
 ANALYSIS IN AN AUTOMATED MANNER, AND USE MODEL  INFERENCE  TO  FORMULATE
 OPTIONS  FOR  INFORMATION OR ACTION. THIS DEFINITION INCLUDES BUT IS NOT
 LIMITED TO SYSTEMS THAT USE  MACHINE  LEARNING,  LARGE  LANGUAGE  MODEL,
 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, AND COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING
 GENERATIVE AI.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01087-04-5

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