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Enacts the "New York artificial intelligence transparency for journalism act"; requires developers of generative artificial intelligence systems or services to post certain information on the developer's website regarding video, audio, text and data from a covered publication used to train the generative artificial intelligence system or service; allows journalism providers to bring an action for damages or injunctive relief against developers.

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Assembly Bill 8595-B, the 'New York Artificial Intelligence Transparency for Journalism Act,' amends the General Business Law by adding a new Article 21-A (Sections 338 through 338-d) to require generative AI developers to disclose how they access and use content from journalism providers. By January 1, 2027, developers must post on their websites details about covered publication content used to train their AI systems, including: the URLs or URIs accessed by crawlers (Section 338-a(1)(a)(i)), a detailed description of the video, audio, text, and data used including type and provenance (Section 338-a(1)(a)(ii)), whether copyright notices or source identifiers were removed (Section 338-a(1)(a)(iii)), and the timeframe of data collection (Section 338-a(1)(a)(iv)). Developers must also publicly disclose crawler identities, the legal entities responsible, the purposes for each crawler, entities receiving scraped data, and a contact point for complaints (Section 338-a(2)). These disclosure requirements do not apply where a written agreement between the developer and journalism provider expressly authorizes access and waives posting (Section 338-a(1)(b)). A journalism provider may sue in supreme court for injunctive relief or statutory damages up to $10,000 per violation (Section 338-b(1)). Courts may also order disclosure of training data records pertaining to a journalism provider's content (Section 338-b(2)). The act does not alter rights under Title 17 of the U.S. Code or the Lanham Act (Section 338-c), and includes a severability clause (Section 338-d).

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