The Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act is a piece of

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introduced by California Representative

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in the

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on April 9, 2024. It concerns the transparency of companies regarding their use of copyrighted work to train their generative artificial intelligence (AI) models. The legislation requires the submission of a notice regarding the identity and the uniform resource locator (URL) address of the copyrighted works used in the

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to the

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at least 30 days before the public release of the new or updated version of the AI model; it does not ban the use of copyrighted works for AI training. The bill's requirements would apply retroactively to prior AI models. Violation penalties would start at . The legislation does not have a maximum penalty assessment that can be charged. The bill by Schiff was introduced a few days after ''

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'' published an article regarding the business activities of major tech firms, including

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and

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, in the training of their generative AI platforms on April 6, 2024. The legislation is supported by the

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(PPA),

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, the

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, the

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(IATSE), the

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(RIAA), and others.

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The official bill, "Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act"
Proposed legislation of the 118th United States Congress Regulation of artificial intelligence