New York S934 (Warnings on Gen AI Systems)

Proposed 2025-01-08 | Official source

Summary

Amends New York law to require owners, licensees, or operators of generative AI systems to display notices warning of possible inaccuracies in outputs. Imposes a civil penalty up to $1,000 per violation for non-compliance.

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Key facts

🏛️ This document has been proposed by the State of New York, but is not yet enacted. For authoritative text and metadata, visit the official source.

🎯 This document primarily applies to the private sector, rather than the government.

📜 This document's name is New York S 934 (Requires warnings on generative artificial intelligence systems). AGORA also tracks this document under the name New York S934 (Warnings on Gen AI Systems).

Themes AI risks, applications, governance strategies, and other themes addressed in AGORA documents.

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Civil liability

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AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring notices on generative artificial intelligence systems THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-zzzzzz to read as follows: § 399-ZZZZZZ. NOTICES ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A CLASS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS THAT ARE SELF-SUPERVISED AND EMULATE THE STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INPUT DATA TO GENERATE DERIVED SYNTHETIC CONTENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMAGES, VIDEOS, AUDIO, TEXT AND OTHER DIGITAL CONTENT. (B) "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" SHALL MEAN A MACHINE-BASED SYSTEM THAT CAN, FOR A GIVEN SET OF HUMAN-DEFINED OBJECTIVES, MAKE PREDICTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, OR DECISIONS INFLUENCING REAL OR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND THAT USES MACHINE- AND HUMAN-BASED INPUTS TO PERCEIVE REAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, ABSTRACT SUCH PERCEPTIONS INTO MODELS THROUGH ANALYSIS IN AN AUTOMATED MANNER, AND USE MODEL INFERENCE TO FORMULATE OPTIONS FOR INFORMATION OR ACTION. THIS DEFINITION INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO SYSTEMS THAT USE MACHINE LEARNING, LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL, NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, AND COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING GENERATIVE AI.

2. THE OWNER, LICENSEE OR OPERATOR OF A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM SHALL CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY A NOTICE ON THE SYSTEM'S USER INTERFACE THAT THE OUTPUTS OF THE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM MAY BE INACCURATE.

3. WHERE SUCH OWNER, LICENSEE OR OPERATOR OF A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FAILS TO PROVIDE THE NOTICE REQUIRED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, SUCH OWNER, LICENSEE OR OPERATOR SHALL BE ASSESSED A CIVIL PENALTY UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION. EACH USER THE OWNER, LICENSEE OR OPERATOR FAILS TO PROVIDE A NOTICE TO SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE VIOLATION FOR EACH INSTANCE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.