New York A 1342: Requires the collection of oaths of responsible use from users of certain generative or surveillance advanced artificial intelligence systems

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A01342 Summary:

BILL NOA01342 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSRGlick, Hyndman, Blumencranz

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §394-cccc, Gen Bus L

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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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BILL NOA01342 

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01/09/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1342

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL, GLICK, HYNDMAN, BLUMENCRANZ -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
 collection of oaths of responsible use from users of certain genera-
 tive or surveillance advanced artificial intelligence systems

 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
 2 394-cccc to read as follows:
 3 § 394-cccc. Affirmation for use of artificial intelligence. 1. As used
 4 in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Advanced artificial intelligence system" shall mean any digital
 6 application or software, whether or not integrated with physical hard-
 7 ware, that autonomously performs functions traditionally requiring human
 8 intelligence. This includes, but is not limited to, the ability to learn
 9 from and adapt to new data or situations autonomously and perform func-
 10 tions that require cognitive processes such as understanding, learning,
 11 or decision-making for each specific task.
 12 (b) "Generative or surveillance advanced artificial intelligence
 13 systems" shall only include systems which can:
 14 (i) generate synthetic images, videos, audio or other synthetic media
 15 that exhibit accuracy that is indistinguishable from the source they
 16 attempt to replicate;
 17 (ii) modify or alter existing images, video, or audio that exhibit
 18 accuracy that is indistinguishable from the source they attempt to
 19 replicate;
 20 (iii) generate synthetic written language that exhibits accuracy that
 21 is indistinguishable from the source they attempt to replicate; or
 22 (iv) be used as a tool to surveil a person or persons without their
 23 consent.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04104-01-5

 A. 1342 2

 1 (c) "Operator" shall mean the person or persons, whether natural or
 2 otherwise, who distribute and have control over the development of a
 3 generative or surveillance advanced artificial intelligence system.
 4 Where generative or surveillance advanced artificial intelligence system
 5 is open code, the operator shall be deemed the platform or platforms
 6 which host the system.
 7 (d) "Open code" shall mean software whose code is made available to
 8 the public where the public has the ability to use, modify, or distrib-
 9 ute the code irrespective of the associated costs to use, modify, or
 10 distribute the code, if any, or the underlying license agreement.
 11 2. Every operator of a generative or surveillance advanced artificial
 12 intelligence system that is accessible to residents of the state shall
 13 require a user to create an account prior to utilizing such service.
 14 Prior to each user creating an account, such operator shall present the
 15 user with a conspicuous digital or physical document that the user must
 16 affirm under penalty of perjury prior to the creation or continued use
 17 of such account. Such document shall state the following:

 18 "State of New York
 19 County of _______

 20 I, ________ residing at ________, do affirm under penalty of perjury
 21 that I have not used, am not using, do not intend to use, and will not
 22 use the services provided by this ad