New York A7838

• 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: 2023-07-07

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Increased inequality and decline in employment

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with brief mentions of privacy/security (2.1) and workforce impacts related to inequality (6.2). The primary focus is on studying AI's impact on employment rather than comprehensively addressing specific AI risks.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document exclusively governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) as it applies only to New York state governmental entities and their use of AI in relation to state workforce employment. The prohibition and study requirements apply across all state departments, agencies, and public authorities.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act from the New York State Assembly that creates mandatory obligations for state agencies, including a prohibition on using AI to displace employees and required reporting to state officials.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: M. of A. CUNNINGHAM (Member of Assembly Cunningham); New York State Assembly
• Summary: The document explicitly identifies Member of Assembly Cunningham as the proposer who introduced the bill to the Assembly Committee on Labor.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: New York Department of Labor; New York Department of Civil Service; New York Office of Information Technology Services; every state department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corporation, council, office or other governmental entity performing a governmental or proprietary function for the state
• Summary: The document applies to all New York state governmental entities, prohibiting them from using AI to displace employees. The Department of Labor is specifically tasked with conducting the study.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: New York Department of Labor
• Summary: The Department of Labor is implicitly responsible for enforcement through its mandate to study AI impacts and issue reports, though no explicit enforcement mechanism is detailed.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: New York Department of Labor; Governor of New York; Speaker of the Assembly; Minority Leader of the Assembly; Temporary President of the Senate; Minority Leader of the Senate
• Summary: The Department of Labor is explicitly tasked with monitoring through conducting the study and issuing interim reports every five years and a final report by 2035. Reports are submitted to state officials for oversight.

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 does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages but rather on studying AI's impact on the workforce and restricting deployment. It implicitly covers the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages through its prohibition on AI use for employee displacement and requirement for ongoing study.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document uses the general term 'artificial intelligence' without defining it or specifying particular types of AI systems, models, or technical characteristics. No compute thresholds, model types, or technical specifications are mentioned.