---
title: "Latent disclosure"
description: "Under California's AI Transparency Act, provenance information embedded in AI-generated image, video or audio so that it persists and can be read by a detection tool, as opposed to a visible label…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/latent-disclosure
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
---

# Latent disclosure

Under California's AI Transparency Act, provenance information embedded in AI-generated image, video or audio so that it persists and can be read by a detection tool, as opposed to a visible label shown to the user [1].

- Developed in: [ch. 21, Provenance, training data and frontier developers](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/ai-laws-worldwide#provenance-training-data-and-frontier-developers)
- Chapters: [ch. 21, AI Laws Worldwide](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/ai-laws-worldwide)
- Contrast with: [Watermarking](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/watermarking)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-latent-disclosure

## Sources

[1] AB-853, California AI Transparency Act (amends SB 942; chaptered 2025-10-13; operative 2026-08-02; latent disclosures in generated content). California Legislative Information. 2025-10-13. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB853 (verified: primary)