{"id":228956,"date":"2026-06-09T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/ads-in-new-york-must-now-label-ai-generated-synthetic-performers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:20:12","slug":"ads-in-new-york-must-now-label-ai-generated-synthetic-performers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/ads-in-new-york-must-now-label-ai-generated-synthetic-performers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ads in New York must now label AI-generated &#8216;synthetic performers&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2026\/06\/09\/ai-generated-performers-ny-advertisements\/\">Ads in New York must now label AI-generated &#8216;synthetic performers&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2026\/06\/09\/ai-generated-performers-ny-advertisements\/\">https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2026\/06\/09\/ai-generated-performers-ny-advertisements\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-09 17:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"ctmirror.org\">ctmirror.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New York has enacted a law requiring advertisements featuring AI-generated people to clearly label them as \u201csynthetic performers.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The law, which took effect on June 8, was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in December and is referred to as a \u201cfirst-in-the-nation\u201d initiative promoting transparency in media.<\/li>\n<li>Synthetic performers are defined as \u201cdigitally-created media that appear as a real person,\u201d and the law applies to advertisements across various mediums, aiming to protect consumers and the creative workforce.<\/li>\n<li>Non-compliant ads face penalties: $1,000 for a first violation and $5,000 for any additional violations.<\/li>\n<li>Specific exemptions are included for certain media forms like movies, television shows, streaming content, and video games.<\/li>\n<li>The American Association of Advertising Agencies and others opposed the law, arguing it would harm the industry, while the actors&#8217; union SAG-AFTRA strongly supported it.<\/li>\n<li>This law is part of a broader trend among U.S. states to regulate AI use, with varying approaches to protect human jobs and ensure transparency.<\/li>\n<li>President Donald Trump issued an executive order in December discouraging state-level AI regulation, which critics argue would reduce oversight and allow tech companies limited regulation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ads in New York must now label AI-generated &#8216;synthetic performers&#8217; https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2026\/06\/09\/ai-generated-performers-ny-advertisements\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-09 17:30:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26160664502412-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228958,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228956\/revisions\/228958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}