Senate Bill S5668

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information provided to a user by a chatbot

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Internet And Technology Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A222
Current Committee:
Senate Internet And Technology
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-f, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9381, A10494

2025-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information to a user by a chatbot that results in financial loss or other demonstrable harm.

2025-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5668
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  liability  for
   false information provided by a chatbot
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 390-f to read as follows:
   § 390-F. LIABILITY FOR CHATBOT RESPONSES. 1. AS USED IN  THIS  SECTION
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" MEANS A MACHINE-BASED SYSTEM OR COMBINA-
 TION OF SYSTEMS, THAT FOR EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT OBJECTIVES, INFERS, FROM
 THE  INPUT  IT  RECEIVES,  HOW  TO GENERATE OUTPUTS SUCH AS PREDICTIONS,
 CONTENT, RECOMMENDATIONS, OR DECISIONS THAT CAN  INFLUENCE  PHYSICAL  OR
 VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS.
   (B)  "CHATBOT"  MEANS  AN  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE  SYSTEM,  SOFTWARE
 PROGRAM, OR TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION THAT SIMULATES HUMAN-LIKE  CONVER-
 SATION  AND  INTERACTION  THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES, AUDIO, OR A COMBINATION
 THEREOF TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO USERS.
   (C) "COMPANION CHATBOT" MEANS A CHATBOT THAT IS  DESIGNED  TO  PROVIDE
 HUMAN-LIKE INTERACTION THAT SIMULATES AN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
 A  USER OR GROUP OF USERS AS ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION, OR USES PREVIOUS USER
 INTERACTIONS WHEN SIMULATING AN  INTERPERSONAL  RELATIONSHIP  IN  FUTURE
 INTERACTIONS. AN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT
 BE  LIMITED TO, ROMANTIC, PLATONIC, FAMILIAL, ADVERSARIAL, PROFESSIONAL,
 OFFICIAL, THERAPEUTIC, OR STRANGER RELATIONSHIPS THAT  ARE  BETWEEN  THE
 COVERED  USER  AND  A  FICTIONAL  OR NON-FICTIONAL CHARACTER OR GROUP OF
 CHARACTERS.
   (D) "COVERED USER" MEANS A USER OF A CHATBOT IN NEW YORK.
   (E) "HUMAN-LIKE" MEANS ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION OR  INTERACTION  THAT
 APPROXIMATES  HUMAN BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING NON-HUMAN BEHAVIOR THAT COULD BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01914-03-5
              

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