New Bill in New York Would Require Disclaimers on AI-Generated News Content (niemanlab.org)
(Saturday February 07, 2026 @05:01AM (msmash)
from the moving-forward dept.)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/06/1958258/new-bill-in-new-york-would-require-disclaimers-on-ai-generated-news-content
- Source link: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/a-new-bill-in-new-york-would-require-disclaimers-on-ai-generated-news-content/
An anonymous reader shares a report:
> A new bill in the New York state legislature would require news organizations to [1]label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. On Monday, Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany) and Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-NYC) [2]introduced the bill , called The New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act -- The NY FAIR News Act for short.
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> "At the center of the news industry, New York has a strong interest in preserving journalism and protecting the workers who produce it," said Rozic in a statement announcing the bill. A closer look at the bill shows a few regulations, mostly centered around AI transparency, both for the public and in the newsroom. For one, the law would demand that news organizations put disclaimers on any published content that is "substantially composed, authored, or created through the use of generative artificial intelligence."
[1] https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/a-new-bill-in-new-york-would-require-disclaimers-on-ai-generated-news-content/
[2] https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8962/amendment/A
> A new bill in the New York state legislature would require news organizations to [1]label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. On Monday, Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany) and Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-NYC) [2]introduced the bill , called The New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act -- The NY FAIR News Act for short.
>
> "At the center of the news industry, New York has a strong interest in preserving journalism and protecting the workers who produce it," said Rozic in a statement announcing the bill. A closer look at the bill shows a few regulations, mostly centered around AI transparency, both for the public and in the newsroom. For one, the law would demand that news organizations put disclaimers on any published content that is "substantially composed, authored, or created through the use of generative artificial intelligence."
[1] https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/a-new-bill-in-new-york-would-require-disclaimers-on-ai-generated-news-content/
[2] https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8962/amendment/A
Thinking this through, (Score:2)
by oldgraybeard ( 2939809 )
it might be less work to require labeling things that did not use AI.
While they are at it ... (Score:3)
mandate another note when they are presenting fake news - ie made up 'facts' or stuff of high bias. There always has been spin in the news, especially when covering politics but these days it has got completely out of control. Things like [1]BBC Verify [bbc.co.uk] help but are not nearly enough when faced with the huge torrent of lies generated by those of low morals who will do anything to benefit themselves.
I accept that this is a pipe dream.
[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/bbcverify