Bill > H7350

This bill mandates additional safety features for AI companion technology, which are systems designed to simulate social human interaction using artificial intelligence (AI) and emotional recognition algorithms. Specifically, it requires AI companions to have protocols for addressing users expressing suicidal ideation or intentions of causing physical or financial harm to others, including directing users to crisis service providers. Furthermore, operators of these AI companions must clearly notify users, both at the start of interactions and periodically thereafter, that the AI is a computer program incapable of human emotion. The bill also outlines enforcement mechanisms, allowing individuals harmed by violations to seek damages and empowering the Attorney General to take legal action against non-compliant providers, and specifies that these provisions will take effect on January 1, 2027.

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