Bill Text: NY A07106 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7106--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 10, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BORES, WALKER, TAYLOR, CUNNINGHAM, McDONALD,
          ROZIC, LEE, L. ROSENTHAL, EPSTEIN, TAPIA, RIVERA, BURGOS, GIBBS, DAVI-
          LA, DINOWITZ, SILLITTI, CARROLL, SIMON -- read once  and  referred  to
          the  Committee  on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the election 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. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11102-02-3