California AI Transparency Act: system provenance data.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill, the California AI Transparency Act: system provenance data, updates existing law to require large online platforms to allow users to inspect system provenance data associated with content. Platforms must detect and disclose if such data is embedded, attached, or associated with content, and provide access through their interface, a direct link, or a downloadable version of the content. The bill clarifies how platforms can meet these requirements, including allowing downloads subject to copyright laws.
Key provisions
- Requires large online platforms to detect system provenance data associated with content.
- Mandates platforms to provide users with a way to inspect this data.
- Allows inspection through the platform’s interface, a direct link, or a downloadable content version.
- Specifies that inspection methods must comply with widely adopted standards.
- Prohibits platforms from stripping provenance data or digital signatures from content.
- Defines ‘system provenance data’ as data compliant with established standards.
- Sets an operative date of January 1, 2027.
- Clarifies that the requirement does not apply to non-compliant provenance data.
Who is affected
- Large online platforms (e.g., social media companies, video sharing sites)
- Users of online platforms
- Content creators
- Digital content distributors
- Technology companies
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