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PROVENANCE DATA REQUIREMENTS

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Illinois SB1929, introduced February 6, 2025 by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen, creates the Provenance Data Requirements Act (Section 1). The bill establishes obligations for three categories of entities. First, under Section 10, generative artificial intelligence tool providers must: (a) apply provenance data—either directly or via third-party technology—to wholly-generated synthetic content; (b) make available a provenance application tool so users can apply provenance data to content significantly modified to include synthetic content; and (c) make a provenance reader available to the public. Second, under Section 15, large online platforms (defined in Section 5 as platforms with 1,000,000 or more unique monthly users in the preceding 12-month period) must retain any available provenance data in posted content and make that data—or a conspicuous indicator of its availability—accessible to Illinois consumers. Third, under Section 20, manufacturers of capture devices must include the ability for users to enable provenance data in their captured content. Provenance data is defined in Section 5 as information compliant with widely-adopted standards-body guidelines, including whether content is synthetic and, if so, the name of the generative AI provider that generated it. The bill excludes nongenerative AI capabilities such as classification, predictions, or labeling from its definition of generative artificial intelligence model.

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