Weekly Update: Week of June 9, 2025

Targeting generative AI and data transparency. Two notable initiatives took shape: In New York, the State Senate passed the Stop Deepfakes Act on June 12, as mentioned, marking one of the first U.S. state laws specifically regulating generative AI content. It set a precedent that AI outputs should carry provenance info to combat deception. In South Korea, lawmakers on June 13 introduced a bill to amend the nation’s AI Basic Act, forcing AI companies to disclose which datasets they used to train generative models. This pioneering proposal – aimed at protecting creators’ rights and ensuring transparency – reflects rising global concern over the opaque training data behind AI systems. Together, these efforts show governments honing in on concrete issues: deepfake abuse and the “black box” nature of AI training data.