Plain English Breakdown
The provided source material does not define the specific criteria for what makes a platform a 'large online platform,' only that such platforms are subject to these rules.
California AI Transparency Act Updates on System Provenance Data
This law updates rules for large online platforms to help users find and check system provenance data attached to images, videos, or audio files.
What This Bill Does
- Requires large online platforms to detect if content has system provenance data embedded in it, attached to it, or associated with it.
- Allows platforms to show this data directly on their site, provide a link to see it elsewhere, or let users download the file with its history attached.
- Updates user interface rules so websites must clearly state if digital signatures or provenance data are embedded in, attached to, or otherwise associated with specific content items.
- Prohibits large online platforms from knowingly removing provenance data or digital signatures when files are downloaded from their site.
Who It Names or Affects
- Large online platforms that host user-uploaded images, videos, or audio.
- Users who view content on these large online platforms and want to check its history.
Terms To Know
- System provenance data
- Information attached to a digital file that shows where it came from or if an AI created or changed it, as specified by the law.
- Large online platform
- A website or app covered by this law's rules for checking content history.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not define exactly which websites count as a 'large online platform' in the provided text.
- Rules about downloading files depend on federal copyright laws, so some downloads might be limited by those other rules.
- The existing act becomes effective on August 2, 2026, but this bill does not list a specific start date for these new changes.