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California law makes generative AI developers publish summaries of training data

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AB 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
Who
California Legislature; Gavin Newsom
Rules involved

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.

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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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