California makes AI companies leave fingerprints on their slop

California has begun enforcing a new transparency law requiring generative AI services with more than 1 million monthly users to embed machine-readable provenance data in images, audio, and video they create, making it difficult to remove. The first phase of the law, reported by Boing Boing, aims to help identify AI-generated content and reduce misinformation.

A new law in California requires AI generators to sign their work. The first phase of its transparency law requires difficult-to-remove provenance data to be embedded in the slop. California has begun requiring generative AI services with more than 1 million monthly users to embed machine-readable provenance data in images, audio, and video they create. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2026/08/05/california-ai-transparency-provenance-labels.html The post California makes AI companies leave fingerprints on their slop https://boingboing.net/2026/08/05/california-ai-transparency-provenance-labels.html appeared first on Boing Boing https://boingboing.net .