New York S 6955: Establishes the artificial intelligence training data transparency act

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S06955 Summary:

BILL NOS06955A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06578-B

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 44-C §§1430 - 1432, Gen Bus L

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Establishes the artificial intelligence training data transparency act requiring developers of generative artificial intelligence models or services to post on the developer's website information regarding the data used by the developer to train the generative artificial intelligence model or service, including a high-level summary of the datasets used in the development of such system or service.

Go to top S06955 Actions:

BILL NOS06955A

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/18/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

02/18/2026PRINT NUMBER 6955A

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.433

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A6578B

&nbspA06578 AMEND=B Bores

&nbsp03/06/2025referred to science and technology

&nbsp05/29/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.571

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.571

&nbsp06/10/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/10/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/10/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.166

&nbsp01/12/2026amended on third reading 6578a

&nbsp02/24/2026amended on third reading 6578b

&nbsp05/05/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/05/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/05/2026REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S6955A

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.433

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6955--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology --
 recommitted to the Committee on Internet and Technology in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to establishing
 the artificial intelligence training data transparency act

 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 article
 2 44-C to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 44-C
 4 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING DATA TRANSPARENCY ACT

 5 Section 1430. Short title.
 6 1431. Definitions.
 7 1432. Data used to train generative artificial intelligence
 8 models or services.
 9 § 1430. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
 10 "artificial intelligence training data transparency act".
 11 § 1431. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 12 terms shall have the following meanings:
 13 1. "Artificial intelligence" or "artificial intelligence technology"
 14 means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined
 15 objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing
 16 real or virtual environments, and that uses machine- and human-based
 17 inputs to perceive real and virtual environments, abstract such percep-
 18 tions into models through analysis in an automated manner, and use model
 19 inference to formulate options for information or action.
 20 2. "Developer" means a person, partnership, state or local government
 21 agency, or corporation that designs, codes, produces, or substantially

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07975-07-6

 S. 6955--A 2

 1 modifies an artificial intelligence model or service for use by members
 2 of the public.
 3 3. "Generative artificial intelligence" means a class of AI models
 4 that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data to generate
 5 derived synthetic content, including, but not limited to, im