A New Bill in New York Would Require Disclaimers on AI-Generated News Content

Summary

On February 5, 2026, New York state legislators introduced the NY FAIR News Act (The New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act). Introduced by Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany) and Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-NYC), the bill would require news organizations to label any content that is "substantially composed, authored, or created through the use of generative artificial intelligence," and mandate that a human employee with editorial control review any AI-generated new