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This bill, titled "An Act Addressing Innovations In And The Responsible Use Of Artificial Intelligence," aims to implement the Governor's budget recommendations by establishing new frameworks for data management and artificial intelligence (AI) use within the state. Key provisions include the designation of a Chief Data Officer within the Office of Policy and Management, responsible for overseeing executive branch agencies' data use, sharing, and analytics planning, and the creation of a state data plan to standardize data management and identify goals for improvement. The bill also mandates that executive branch agencies inventory their high-value data and develop open data access plans, with a new requirement for the Chief Data Officer to review this data by January 1, 2028, to identify information useful for AI and machine learning systems to foster economic opportunity, ensuring data quality, privacy, and preventing unlawful discrimination. Furthermore, it proposes the development of an AI regulatory sandbox program by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to allow temporary testing of innovative AI products and services under reduced regulatory requirements, with the goal of enhancing the state's competitive business environment for AI technologies. Finally, the bill introduces regulations for "companion chatbots," which are AI systems with natural language interfaces designed to mimic human interaction and meet social needs; operators of these platforms must disclose when a user is interacting with an AI, implement protocols to prevent harmful content, refer users expressing suicidal ideation to crisis services, and take specific measures to protect minors, including preventing the chatbot from depicting or suggesting sexually explicit conduct and notifying minors they are interacting with AI and should take breaks, with violations treated as unfair trade practices enforced by the Attorney General.

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