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Requires the collection of oaths of responsible use from users of certain generative or surveillance advanced artificial intelligence systems by the operators of such systems, and transmission of such oaths to the attorney general.
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New York's S 8206 (2023-2024) would have added General Business Law section 394-cccc requiring operators of generative or surveillance advanced AI systems accessible to New York residents to require an account and, before account creation, collect from each user an oath under penalty of perjury not to use the system for the four listed harmful purposes. Operators must send each oath to the Attorney General within 30 days. Referred to Internet and Technology January 12, 2024, it died when the 2023-2024 session ended.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died at the end of the 2023-2024 session.
Key provisions
- Covers generative or surveillance advanced AI systems that produce indistinguishable synthetic media or text, or can surveil a person without consent; the operator is the distributor and developer controller (the host platform for open-code systems)
- Users must affirm, before account creation or continued use, that they will not use the system for content that foreseeably injures others, aids illegal activity, is defamatory, offensive, harassing, violent, discriminatory or otherwise harmful, or deliberately spreads false public-interest content to mislead or cause panic
- The oath is sworn with notice that false statements are a class A misdemeanor under Penal Law section 210.45; operators may not change oath provisions unless the Attorney General permits
- Operators must send each oath to the Attorney General within 30 days; users are not liable for an operator's failure
- Operators that knowingly fail to collect or submit oaths face a fine per oath of the greater of three times the profit from the user or $3,000; no private right of action
- The Attorney General must adopt implementing rules; would have taken effect on the ninetieth day after becoming law; Assembly companion A8105
Latest legislative action
Jan 12, 2024. referred to internet and technology
Sponsors (showing 5 of 10)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| BENJAMIN | Primary |
| HINCHEY | Primary |
| Jeremy Cooney D | Primary |
| José M. Serrano | Primary |
| RITCHIE | Primary |
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