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Enacts the "New York fundamental artificial intelligence requirements in (FAIR) news act"; provides transparency requirements for news media content composed, authored, or otherwise created through generative AI.
In one paragraph
New York's FAIR News Act (S 8451-B / A 8962-B) passed both houses in June 2026 but has not been delivered to the Governor, so it is not law. If enacted, news media content (news, weather, traffic, sports or entertainment) published, broadcast or accessible in New York that was substantially composed, authored or otherwise created through generative AI would have to say so conspicuously at the top of the page, image or video, or aloud at the start of audio. Content eligible for copyright registration would be exempt. The Attorney General could seek injunctions; courts could impose $1,000 for a first offense and $5,000 for each later offense. It would take effect 60 days after becoming law.
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What it means for business
Nothing yet: the bill is not law. If enacted, news, weather, traffic, sports or entertainment content accessible in New York that was substantially created with generative AI would need a conspicuous AI label (the text does not say who applies it), unless eligible for copyright registration.
Key provisions
- Would add General Business Law Article 48, "Artificial Intelligence in News Media" (§§ 1800-1803)
- News media: any publication or programming, in any medium or method of distribution, that provides news, weather, traffic, sports or entertainment reports or programming, including newspapers, magazines, journals, periodicals, websites, newsletters, TV or cable, radio or podcast, and internet or satellite-based content
- Generative AI: a class of AI models (as defined in General Business Law § 1420) that are self-supervised and emulate the structure and characteristics of input data to generate derived synthetic content, such as images, video, audio and text
- § 1802: news media content published, broadcast or otherwise disseminated or accessible in New York that was substantially composed, authored or otherwise created through generative AI would have to conspicuously state, at the top of the page, webpage, image, graphic or video, or orally at the start of audio content, that it was substantially created by generative AI; content eligible for copyright registration would be exempt
- § 1803: the Attorney General could seek an injunction in a special proceeding on at least five days' notice, without proof that anyone was injured or damaged; the court could impose a civil penalty of $1,000 for the first offense and $5,000 for each subsequent offense; the Attorney General could take proof and issue subpoenas
- Earlier versions' provisions on disclosures to news media workers, oversight of AI systems and workplace protections for news media workers were removed before passage
- Passed the Senate June 4, 2026 and the Assembly June 5, 2026 (substituted for A 8962-B); no delivery to the Governor recorded as of October 1, 2026; would take effect on the 60th day after becoming law
Latest legislative action
Jun 5, 2026. SUBSTITUTED BY S8451B
Sponsors (showing 5 of 35)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Nily Rozic | Primary |
| Alex Bores | Cosponsor |
| Andrew Hevesi | Cosponsor |
| Anna Kelles | Cosponsor |
| Catalina Cruz | Cosponsor |
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