New York A7106

• Authority: New York
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2023-05-10

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• False or misleading information
• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of approximately 2-3 subdomains, with primary focus on disinformation and influence operations (4.1) and false/misleading information (3.1). Coverage is concentrated in the misinformation and malicious actors domains, specifically addressing synthetic media in political communications.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Information

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the Public Administration sector (excluding National Security) by regulating political communications and election processes. It may also have secondary implications for the Information sector through its regulation of digital political advertising and media distribution.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act amending New York election law with mandatory disclosure requirements and legal enforceability through the election law framework.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: New York State Assembly; M. of A. BORES; WALKER; TAYLOR; CUNNINGHAM; McDONALD; ROZIC; LEE; L. ROSENTHAL; EPSTEIN; TAPIA; RIVERA; BURGOS; GIBBS; DAVILA; DINOWITZ; SILLITTI; CARROLL; SIMON
• Summary: The document was introduced by multiple Members of Assembly and passed through the New York State legislative process, as indicated by the introduction and committee process described.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Entities: Political communication creators; Political advertisers; Campaign organizations
• Summary: The law targets any entity that produces political communications using synthetic media, requiring them to disclose AI use. This includes both those who develop the AI-generated content and those who deploy it in political communications.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: New York State Board of Elections (implied)
• Summary: The amendment to Section 14-106 of the election law implies enforcement through the existing election law enforcement framework, typically overseen by the State Board of Elections.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: New York State Board of Elections (implied)
• Summary: Monitoring of compliance with election law disclosure requirements would fall under the purview of the State Board of Elections, though not explicitly stated in this amendment.

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 covers the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages, as it regulates the disclosure requirements for political communications that use synthetic media after they have been created and when they are being distributed to the public.

Technical Scope

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

• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and covers synthetic media created or modified through artificial intelligence algorithms, encompassing text, image, video, and sound. It does not distinguish between different types of AI models or systems, nor does it mention compute thresholds or model architectures.