New York Senate Bill 9678

• Authority: New York
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-06-28

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• False or misleading information
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Governance failure
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors using AI to create deceptive media for political manipulation (4.1, 4.3), misinformation risks (3.1, 3.2), and governance mechanisms to address these harms (6.5). Coverage is concentrated in misinformation, malicious use, and governance domains.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector (broadcasting, telecommunications, publishing, streaming services) and Public Administration (political campaigns, elections). It applies to media distribution platforms and political communications in the electoral context.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act amending New York election law with mandatory disclosure requirements, enforcement mechanisms including court remedies, and legal penalties for violations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: New York State Senate; New York State Assembly
• Summary: The document is a legislative act proposed by the New York State Legislature, as indicated by the formal legislative language 'THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS'.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, Affected_Stakeholder
• Entities: persons, firms, associations, corporations, campaigns, committees, organizations; radio or television broadcasting stations; cable television, satellite television or streaming service operators; platforms or services including websites, newspapers, magazines; candidates
• Summary: The law applies to any person, firm, association, corporation, campaign, committee, or organization that distributes or publishes political communications with materially deceptive media. It also applies to broadcasting stations, streaming services, and platforms that disseminate such content. Candidates are protected parties who can seek remedies.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Supreme Court of New York
• Summary: The supreme court is designated as the enforcement body where candidates can seek injunctive relief and other remedies for violations. The court has authority to grant relief and enforce compliance.

Monitor

• Summary: The document does not specify any dedicated monitoring body or oversight agency. Enforcement is reactive through court actions initiated by affected candidates rather than proactive monitoring.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, focusing on disclosure requirements when materially deceptive media is distributed or published in political communications. It does not cover earlier stages like planning, data collection, or model development.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document does not explicitly define or mention specific AI technical concepts like AI models, AI systems, or compute thresholds. It focuses on the output ('materially deceptive media') rather than the underlying AI technology used to create it. The scope is implicitly generative AI that creates manipulated images, video, or audio.