Bill Text: NY A07106 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Enacts the "political artificial intelligence disclaimer (PAID) act"; requires political communications that use synthetic media to disclose that they were created with the assistance of artificial intelligence; requires committees that use synthetic media to maintain records of such usage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-18 - print number 7106b [A07106 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A07106-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Enacts the "political artificial intelligence disclaimer (PAID) act"; requires political communications that use synthetic media to disclose that they were created with the assistance of artificial intelligence; requires committees that use synthetic media to maintain records of such usage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-18 - print number 7106b [A07106 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A07106-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7106 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BORES, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law and the legislative law, in relation to the use and disclosure of synthetic media The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "political artificial intelligence disclaimer (PAID) act". 3 § 2. Section 14-106 of the election law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 5 2-a. (a) Any political communication covered by this section which was 6 produced by or includes any synthetic media shall be required to 7 disclose the use of such synthetic media. The disclosure on printed or 8 digital political communications, including but not limited to 9 brochures, flyers, posters, mailings, or internet advertising shall be 10 printed or typed in an appropriate legible form to read as follows: 11 "This political communication was created with the assistance of artifi- 12 cial intelligence". The disclosure on non-printed or digital political 13 communications shall clearly and prominently display and/or speak the 14 following statement: "This political communication was created with the 15 assistance of artificial intelligence". In the case of a political 16 communication that is not visual, such as radio or automated telephone 17 calls, clearly speaking the statement will satisfy the requirements of 18 this subdivision. 19 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "synthetic media" means any 20 form of media including text, image, video or sound fully or partially 21 created or modified through the use of artificial intelligence algo- 22 rithms. 23 § 3. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 54-b to 24 read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11102-01-3A. 7106 2 1 § 54-b. Disclosure of synthetic media. 1. A bill which was produced by 2 or includes any synthetic media shall contain a disclosure of such use. 3 The disclosure on a bill shall be printed or typed in an appropriate 4 legible form to read as follows: "This legislation was created with the 5 assistance of artificial intelligence". 6 2. For the purposes of this section, "synthetic media" means any form 7 of media including text, image, video or sound fully or partially 8 created or modified through the use of artificial intelligence algo- 9 rithms. 10 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.