New York Legislature Passes Landmark Bill to Disclose AI-Generated News to the Public
ALBANY, NY — Senator Patricia Fahy (D–Albany), Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D–NYC), and the NY FAIR NEWS Act coalition announced that both houses of the New York state legislature passed the NY FAIR News Act (New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act), S.8451-B / A.8962-B, landmark legislation that mandates news organizations operating in the State include clear disclaimers on published content substantially or wholly generated by artificial intelligence. The NY FAIR News Act now heads to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk for signature.
The legislation mandates that news organizations operating in New York fully disclose to the public when they use generative AI to create news content, articles, or media. The NY FAIR NEWS Act won bipartisan passage in both chambers and establishes a common-sense, legally sound guardrail mandating disclosure when news is not generated by a human being. According to the National Broadcasters Association, more than 76% of Americans report being concerned about AI stealing or reproducing journalism and local news stories
The NY FAIR News Act was supported by the NYS AFL-CIO, Writers Guild of America East, SAG-AFTRA, the NewsGuild of New York, The NewsGuild-CWA, CWA District 1, Directors Guild of America, Freelancers Union, the Writers Guild of America West, and workers at local and national newsrooms operating across New York State. This broad coalition came together out of recognition that the public must know when the news they read, watch, or listen to is produced by a human or by a computer.
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