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California law makes generative AI developers publish summaries of training data
See how this story connectsAB 2013 was chaptered on 28 September 2024 as Chapter 817 of the Statutes of 2024. Developers of generative AI systems made available to Californians, including systems released since 1 January 2022, must post documentation on their websites by 1 January 2026 with a high-level summary of the datasets used to train them, covering sources, the number of data points, whether copyrighted or licensed data is included and when the data was collected.
Why it matters
Developers offering generative AI in California had to disclose what their models were trained on from 2026, information that copyright claimants and buyers can use.
- When
- 28 Sep 2024
- ID
WTA-N-2024-0185- Where
- California
- Who
- California Legislature; Gavin Newsom
- Topics
- Copyright, Frontier models, Privacy
- Rules involved
- AB 2013 California, In force
Summary by wheresthe.ai, from CalMatters Digital Democracy and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.
Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.
Cite this story
WTA-N-2024-0185: “California law makes generative AI developers publish summaries of training data.” wheresthe.ai, 28 Sep 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-ca-ab2013-training-data-transparency-2024-09/ (source: CalMatters Digital Democracy: AB 2013 bill record).
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