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Capture device manufacturers must offer latent provenance disclosure (California)
Under California AB 853 (Bus & Prof Code 22757.3.3), a capture device manufacturer must, for any capture device first produced for sale in California on or after 2028-01-01: provide the user an option to include a latent disclosure in captured content conveying the manufacturer name, device name+version, and creation/alteration timestamp; and embed such latent disclosures by default (to the extent technically feasible and standards-compliant). Detect capture-device firmware/software with no latent-provenance option or default embedding.
ca-ab853.capture-device-latent-disclosure · Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 22757.3.3(a) · official source · applies from 2028-01-01 · jurisdictions: US-CA
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GenAI hosting platforms must not distribute systems that omit disclosures (California)
Under California AB 853 (Bus & Prof Code 22757.3.2), a GenAI system hosting platform (a site/app that makes available for download the source code or model weights of a GenAI system) must not knowingly make available a GenAI system that fails to place the disclosures required by Section 22757.3 (the covered-provider latent/manifest disclosure duties). Operative 2027-01-01. Detect a model-hosting/distribution path with no gate checking that hosted GenAI systems carry the required disclosure capability.
ca-ab853.genai-hosting-platform-gate · Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 22757.3.2(a) · official source · applies from 2027-01-01 · jurisdictions: US-CA
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Large online platforms must detect and display content provenance (California)
Under California AB 853 (Bus & Prof Code 22757.3.1), a large online platform (public-facing social media, file-sharing, mass-messaging, or stand-alone search with >2,000,000 unique monthly users) must: detect standards-compliant provenance data embedded in distributed content; provide a user interface disclosing whether content was GenAI-generated/substantially-altered or captured by a capture device (incl. the system/device name and whether digital signatures exist); let users inspect the provenance data; and must not knowingly strip compliant provenance data or digital signatures. Operative 2027-01-01. Detect a large-platform content-distribution path with no provenance-detection or disclosure UI, or one that strips provenance.
ca-ab853.platform-provenance-detection-and-display · Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 22757.3.1(a) · official source · applies from 2027-01-01 · jurisdictions: US-CA