New York Assembly Bill A08098 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8098--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY September 29, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring publishers of books created with the use of generative artificial intelligence to contain a disclosure of such use The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 338 to read as follows: 3 § 338. Publishing of books; generative artificial intelligence disclo- 4 sure. 1. Any book that was wholly or partially created through the use 5 of generative artificial intelligence, published in this state, shall 6 conspicuously disclose upon the cover of the book, that such book was 7 created with the use of generative artificial intelligence. 8 2. Books subject to the provisions of this section shall include, but 9 not be limited to, all printed and digital books, regardless of such 10 books' target age group or audience, consisting of text, pictures, 11 audio, puzzles, games or any combination thereof. 12 3. For the purposes of this section, "generative artificial intelli- 13 gence" shall mean the use of machine learning technology, software, 14 automation, and algorithms to perform tasks, to make rules and/or 15 predictions based on existing data sets and instructions, including, but 16 not limited to: 17 (a) Any artificial system that performs tasks under varying and unpre- 18 dictable circumstances without significant human oversight, or that can 19 learn from experience and improve performance when exposed to data sets; 20 (b) An artificial system developed in computer software, physical 21 hardware, or other context that solves tasks requiring human-like EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11890-03-3 
 A. 8098--A 2 1 perception, cognition, planning, learning, communication, or physical 2 action; 3 (c) An artificial system designed to think or act like a human, 4 including cognitive architectures and neural networks; 5 (d) A set of techniques, including machine learning, that is designed 6 to approximate a cognitive task; and/or 7 (e) An artificial system designed to act rationally, including an 8 intelligent software agent or embodied robot that achieves goals using 9 perception, planning, reasoning, learning, communicating, decision 10 making, and acting. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 12 have become a law.