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Enacts the "New York artificial intelligence transparency for journalism act"; requires developers of generative artificial intelligence systems or services to post certain information on the developer's website regarding video, audio, text and data from a covered publication used to train the…
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New York's S 8331-A, the New York artificial intelligence transparency for journalism act, would add General Business Law Article 21-A (§§ 338 to 338-D). On or before January 1, 2027, and before each later release or substantial modification, AI developers would have to post the URLs, provenance, any removal of source identifiers or copyright notices, and collection timeframe for training data taken from a covered publication, and disclose their crawlers. A journalism provider could sue for injunctive relief and statutory damages up to $10,000 per violation. Referred to committee January 7, 2026.
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What it means for business
None yet: the bill is pending. If enacted, AI developers using news content for training would have to post source disclosures and crawler details and could face suits and damages up to $10,000 per violation.
Key provisions
- Developer: person who designs, codes, produces or substantially modifies an AI system for public use; excludes a journalism provider using AI solely for internal use
- Developers must post, for training data from a covered publication, URLs/URIs accessed, a detailed description and provenance, whether source identifiers, terms or copyright notices were removed, and the collection timeframe
- Posting not required where a written agreement authorizes access and the parties agree not to post
- Developers that deploy crawlers must, on or before January 1, 2027, disclose crawler name and identifiers, responsible legal entity, purposes, recipients of scraped data and a single contact, and excluding a crawler must not harm search findability
- A journalism provider (or its authorized person) may sue in Supreme Court for injunctive relief and statutory damages up to $10,000 per violation, and the court may order disclosure of training data; the A version gives the Attorney General no role
- Savings clause for Title 17 and Lanham Act rights; takes effect immediately; Assembly version A8595
Latest legislative action
Jan 7, 2026. referred to internet and technology
Sponsors (showing 5 of 6)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| COONEY | Primary |
| Kristen Gonzalez D | Primary |
| MARCELLINO | Primary |
| O'MARA | Primary |
| Shelley Mayer D | Primary |
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